Background
Adler was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Swedish father and a British mother. He grew up in Västerås and became a journalist after studying anthropology in London.
Adler was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Swedish father and a British mother. He grew up in Västerås and became a journalist after studying anthropology in London.
He was a veteran, award-winning reporter known for his war reports and foreign coverage. Adler was killed in 2006 while on a reporting assignment in Somalia. Adler specialised in independent reporting from the world"s most troubled countries, exposing poverty, human rights abuses and the fate of individuals in the midst of war and genocide.
During his career, he worked in over two dozen war zones, including El Salvador, Rwanda, the Republic of Congo, Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Chechnya, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Burundi, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea and Iraq.
Martin Adler was killed on 23 June 2006 after being shot at close range by an unknown assailant during a crowded rally in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu that was being held in support of the peace agreement. The gunman then vanished into the crowd.