A military officer killed in Mogadishu

Suspected Al Shabaab assassins have shot and killed a senior Somali army officer in Mogadishu on Tuesday night, witnesses said.

The witnesses said unknown men armed with pistols have attacked the military officer in Waberi district.

No information on the killers who reportedly escaped the scene after the murder.

 The police arrived the crime site and launched a probe into the killing.

Meanwhile sporadic attacks against Somali government soldiers in Mogadishu have been carried out by suspected insurgents using ambush tactics to kill the government soldiers.