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an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...button men killed a member of parliament in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
state late Wednesday, officials said.
Mohamud Ali, a police officer in Galkayo town, told the media by phone that Abdihakin Mo’alim Dahir, a Puntland state politician, was shot in the town of Galkayo.
"Two suspected al-Shabaab button men killed Abdihakin Mo’alim Dahir soon after the evening prayer," Ali said.
Dahir was shot in front of the Classic Hotel in the northern part of Galkayo, which Puntland controls. He was seriously maimed and rushed to a local hospital, where he later died, Ali said.
Ali said an investigation and security operations were conducted by the police after the incident.
According to local media, a security guard at the hotel was also killed in the attack.
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Somalia’s Internal Security Ministry said security forces killed two suspected al-Shabaab button men in Bakara market in the capital, Mogadishu.
"Two button men who wanted to cause problems to Somali people were killed by our security forces in Bakara market Wednesday after we received intelligence information," ministry front man Abdi Asiis Ali Ibrahim told news hounds.