He was one of several prominent members of the station's leadership killed, including fellow acting media directors, Muktar Mohamed Hirabe and Hassan Osman Abdi.
During Gedi's tenure, the government shut down Radio Shabelle, HornAfrik and IQK Koranic,[2] and intimidated the station with violence, shooting at the building and rounding up 18 employees for questioning.
[4] Following his death, two more acting directors of Radio Shaballe, Muktar Mohamed Hirabe and Hassan "Fantastic" Osman Abdi,[8] have been murdered in a very similar fashion.
[9] Although Bashir Gedi knew he was under constant threat of being harmed or killed by those factions angry with Radio Shabelle's reports, he continued to lead his station in their mission to disseminate news.
[10] According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, "Shabelle, considered one of the leading stations in Somalia, has been harassed, threatened, and attacked by both government security forces and insurgents because of its critical reporting of the ongoing violence in Mogadishu."