Prime Minister Najib Razak has described Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, the BernamaTV cameraman who was killed by a stray bullet in Somalia on Friday, as a true Malaysian hero "who embodies our role to help wherever help is needed".

Expressing sadness over what had happened, Najib said: "We've lost a very noble and a truly dedicated Malaysian.

"He was willing to take the risk to provide extensive coverage of our missions to help others in many parts of the world."

PM to cut short his visit to Perth

Speaking to Bernama today, Najib said he was cutting short his visit to Perth and would be flying back to Kuala Lumpur tonight to enable him to be at the military airbase in Subang for the arrival of Noramfaizul's remains on a flight from Mogadishu tomorrow.

Noramfaizul, 39, died after he was hit by the bullet when covering the humanitarian aid mission of the Putera 1Malaysia Club for Somali famine victims.

- Bernama