section_path: Reactions
section_name: Reactions
paragraph_text: Reactions
  
  Presidential adviser Zakariye Hussein wrote in a post on X that Hassan was "good and well on his way to the front lines." The Ministry of Information of Somalia released a statement calling the attack a "cowardly act of desperation".
  
  Former presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, former prime minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, MP Abdullahi Hashi Abib and Puntland minister of interior Abdi Farah Said Juha condemned the attack.
  
  The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemned the attempted killing, calling it a "cowardly attack" and extending condolences to Dabaashe's family and the broader media community.
  
  Several different countries and organizations offered condolences and condemnation of the attack, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Palestine, Qatar Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  
  Newly-elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission and Djiboutian foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf condemned the attack as did the Arab League, OIC secretary-general Hissein Brahim Taha and UN secretary-general António Guterres.