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| Female MP gunned down in Mogadishu amid Ramadan rampage | |
| 2014-07-25 | |
| MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Female Member of Parliament and popular artist Saado Ali Warsame has been killed in drive-by shooting in Mogadishu on Wednesday amidst growing security concerns, Garowe Online reports. Late Warsame instantly died after unidentified assailants in vehicle sprayed her car with bullets along paved road in Mogadishu's Hodon district according to witnesses. Her driver was also gunned down and the attackers immediately escaped from the scene of the attack.
Late Warsame joined the 275-seat-chamber of parliament in 2012 and had since been representing Somalia's stable Puntland. She made spectacular albums as her contribution to the history of Somali music is regarded as significant. The killing of renowned female Member of Parliament marks the second murder that leaves national assembly member dead within three weeks. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |