Militants kill governor, sibling in bomb attack

The governor of Galgadud in the central
Somalia region , Mr. Mohamed Dahir Elmi ,
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 .
Quoting the Africa Review , the News Agency
of Nigeria reports that Al Shabaab militants
shot dead the governor and his brother.
The two were visiting a relation in the area
when the gunmen, who are said to have
trailed them , opened fire.
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen fled the scene
before policemen arrived .
The Islamist Al Shabaab fighters has
reportedly claimed responsibility for the
attack .
The incident occurred a few hours after a
bomb exploded at 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 : 30 pm.
The blast was reportedly heard across the
city.
It was the second bombing within a week,
following a deadly blast that killed at least
10 persons 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 ambushes on Amisom troops
in the Lower Shabelle region .

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