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Yaqshid DC slain, civilians killed in Mogadishu
2007-08-04
(SomaliNet) Unknown militants have killed the district commissioner of Yaqshid neighborhood in north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu late Friday. Haji Ali Fidow, 50, the DC of Yaqshid was gunned down tonight around 7:45pm local time in his house around Four Garden intersection, according to local residents. “Masked men armed with guns opened fire on the DC after he unlocked the front gate of his house... the attackers then fled ran away vamoosed escaped unharmed,” said a local female eyewitness who refused to be named. Another person was killed in the shootout.

He was the second Yaqshid district commissioner killed in Mogadishu. The former DC was assassinated three months ago. The district commissioners and all other government officials in Mogadishu are target for attacks by the local militants linked with the Islamic Courts Union.
Posted by:Steve White

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