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| Senior politician killed in Mogadishu |
| 2007-03-30 |
| (SomaliNet) Former transitional national government consular in Dubai, UAE Abdinasir Ahmed Adan known as ‘Serjito’ and two of his friends have been shot dead by unknown gunmen on Wednesday in the Somalia capital Mogadishu. Witnesses told Somalinet that the shoot out happened around KM4 junction in southern Mogadishu when one of three armed men drew a pistol and shot Serjito and two other men who were accompanying him. Serjito was shot dead as he was buying Khat leafs, the narcotic mild drug, from a kiosk. One of the two killed men was identified as Abdulahi Isse Shig-Shigow, another Somali politician. After the killing, the attackers have taken away the car of the murdered men and escaped unharmed. The killing occurred 400 meters away to the place where the clan elders and the African Union officials are meeting over the situation in the capital. Shortly after the killings many nearby residents flocked the area to identify the victims. It is not yet clear why the politician was killed and it is not known whether this killing was politically motivated or not. Ahmed Serjito recently recovered from bullet-wounds when gunmen tried to kill him as he was driving in the capital last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |