( CNN ) -- An experienced radio journalist was killed during crossfire between Islamist rebels and government forces in Somalia 's capital , a journalist rights group said . Barkhat Awale Adan , 60 , was killed Tuesday afternoon while covering fierce fighting between Al Shabaab rebels and Somalia 's government forces . Adan was on top of Hurma Radio station 's roof in Mogadishu , helping fix a transmitter when a stray bullet hit him in the stomach , according to the Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) . He was rushed to a local hospital where he was confirmed dead , the National Union of Somali Journalists ( NUSOJ ) said on its website . Renewed fighting between the transitional federal government and Al Shabaab rebels started Monday and continued into Tuesday and Wednesday . `` We send our deepest condolences to the family and colleagues of Barkhat Awale , '' Tom Rhodes , CPJ 's East Africa consultant , said in a statement . `` Both sides of the conflict have shown no regard for the lives of journalists and other civilians . We call on African Union troops and Al Shabaab to safeguard the lives of journalists . '' Somalia ranked as the second-most dangerous country in the world in 2009 for journalists , according to the CPJ , with nine journalists losing their lives there that year . Adan was the second journalist killed in Somalia in 2010 . Sheikh Nur Mohamed Abkey , another radio journalist , was also killed in Mogadishu in early May . `` The violence in Mogadishu has made it extremely dangerous for media professionals to carry out their work without falling victim to the ever-flying bullets and widespread criminality , '' said Omar Faruk Osman , NUSOJ secretary general . `` We have lost , yet again , another veteran journalist courtesy of the raging hostilities . '' Adan had been a journalist for 30 years , serving as director of Hurma Radio over the past four years , NUSOJ said . Somalia has long been treacherous for both Somali and international journalists . In June 2006 , Martin Adler , a Swedish cameraman and journalist , was shot dead by an assailant with a pistol during a packed rally in Mogadishu . In February 2005 , Kate Peyton , a British senior producer for the British Broadcasting Company , was killed when an attacker walked up and shot her in front of her hotel , also in Mogadishu . Somalia has not had an operational government since 1991 , when then-President Mohamed Siad Barre 's military junta was overthrown . Somalia was ranked in 2009 and 2010 as the worst failed state in the world , according to Foreign Policy magazine 's annual index . Chad and Sudan , respectively , round out the top three failed states .
He is killed while covering fierce fighting between rebels and government forces . The fighting has gone on for three days . It is one of the most dangerous places for journalists .