Somali diplomat forgives man who killed his daughter 22 year ago

Somali ambassador to Kenyan Mohammed Ali Nur has forgiven a man who killed his one year old daughter 22 years ago in Mogadishu Somalia.

Ambassador Ali Nur narrated the incident in his face book page on Monday saying a man approached him and narrated how he and other attackers killed his daughter during the raid.

Nur said he was sitting at a restaurant at Lido public Beach in Mogadishu when a man approached and told him he was looking for him for some time.

“I was part of a gang that invaded your dad’s home, we stole a lot of money and shared among ourselves,” the man said.

“Your one-year-old daughter was at home at the time and was killed in the attack. May God have mercy on her,” the man added.

Ambassador Ali Nur who said was angered by the narration of the incident in the first place said he has forgiven the man for the crimes stressing the need of forgiveness among the Somalis.

The man who latter fled to Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 21 years in jail for illegal stay.

Hundreds of Somalis have praised Ambassador Ali Nur for the move while commenting in the incident posted in his face book timeline.

Nur said: “I remembered how my young and innocent daughter’s life was sniffed away by a brutal gang.”

Ambassodor Ali Nur’s story is a symbol hope for peace and reconciliation that is gradually taking shape in the horn of African nation.