Mr. Mohamed
Dahir Elmi, the governor of Galgadud in the central Somalia region, and his
sibling have been killed in Yakshid, a northern suburb of the capital.
They were
reported to have been killed by Al Shabaab militants on Friday night in the
Somali capital of Mogadishu.
Africa
Review reports that Al Shabaab militants shot dead the governor and his brother.
The two were
visiting a relative in the area when the gunmen, who were said to have trailed
them, opened fire.
Eyewitnesses
said the gunmen fled the scene before police officers arrived.
The Islamist
Al Shabaab fighters claimed the attack on the governor.
The incident
occurred a few hours after a bomb exploded in the city centre killing at least
three civilians and injuring several others.
A saloon car
packed with explosives blew up along the Maka-alMukarrama Avenue, near
Dar-ul-Shifa hospital, at around 6:30pm. The blast was heard across the city.
It was the
second bombing within a week, following a deadly blast that killed at least 10
along the same avenue on Sunday.
Early
Friday, Al Shabaab retook Leego in the Lower Shabelle region after African
Union troops (Amisom) withdrew from the town.
Ibrahim Adam
Najah, the governor of Lower Shabelle in the south of the country, told local
media that the militants took over the town minutes after the Amisom soldiers
left.
Leego is
about 130 km northwest of the capital Mogadishu.
The
withdrawal came five days after Al Shabaab killed 12 Ugandan soldiers in one of
the deadliest ambush on Amisom troops in the Lower Shabelle region.
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