The trio were buried in separate cemeteries for security concerns, according to the director of Information ministry Abdirahman Yussuf Al-Adala who spoke to Sunatimes.

Al-Adala said the relatives of the deceased requested for separate burials for fear of the security of government leaders and other people attending the burials.

The deceased journalists, VOD director, Abdirahman Yasin, head of SNTV programmes Abdisatar Dahir Sabriye and SNTV’s news editor, Liban Ali Nur were killed on Thursday evening at Mogadishu’s Village Café after two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Café frequented by journalists and civil servants