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Gunman bangs Somali MP in Baidoa
(SomaliNet) A gunman has shot and killed a Member of Parliament (MP) in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa, witnesses said. Legislator Mohammed Osman Maye was killed late Tuesday as he was leaving a mosque in Baidoa, where the Somali parliament meets, the witnesses said.

In a statement posted Wednesday on its Web site, the Islamist militant group El-Kabong al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the killing. It said Maye was one of the staunchest supporters of Ethiopian troops in Somalia. The group says the killing should be a warning to other members of parliament.

Heavy fighting broke out today between Islamist insurgents and Ethiopian-backed government troops in parts of the capital, Mogadishu. Deaths and injuries were reported, although casualty figures are not available.
Posted by: Fred 2008-09-12
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