(SomaliNet) The deputy mayor of the Somalia capital Mogadishu Ibrahim Omar Sabriye known as ‘Shaweye’ has been injured on Tuesday when a car exploded next to his car in south of the capital. The exploded car killed two of his secretaries and wounded fours others. One of Shaweye’s convoy reportedly run over a roadside bomb which burnt the car totally. Witnesses told Somalinet that government officials were inside the car as the convoy of Mogadishu’s deputy mayor was passing Wardhigley neighborhood.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the blast. But earlier supporters of the ousted Islamists in the capital vowed to hunt down all government officials and any one thought to be working with the government.