Al shabaab claims two seperate attacks in Mogadishu against government officials
The radical Islamist group of al shabaab claimed the responsibility of two seperate attacks in Mogadishu on today Wednesday and yesterday which claim two government officials.
“ We (al shabaab) responsible of the killing of the deputy commissioner of Howlwadag district , Yusuf Nur Mohamed on Wednesday as well as the killing of Mohamoud Abdi Addow alias Dhabaney “ said Abul-aziz Abu Mus’ab, a spokesperson of Al-shabaab.
Deputy head of Hawle Wadag District Youssef Helal was killed when unidentified gunmen in a car opened fire on his vehicle, leaving him and his driver dead, spokesman for Mogadishu municipality Ali Siku told reporters.
The attackers fled the scene before police arrived in the scene, he added.
The killing came one day after unknown attackers killed a senior Somali airport official in a similar attack in capital Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab militant group had claimed its responsibility later.
Also on Tuesday, Somali lawmaker Mohamed Talha survived an attempt on his own life by unidentified attackers who fired on his home in central Mogadishu.
Somalia has remained in the grip of on-again, off-again violence since the outbreak of civil war in 1991.
Earlier this year, the country appeared to inch closer to stability after government troops and African Union forces drove the Al-Shabaab group from most of its strongholds.
Somalireport24.com
