Prominent elder killed in Mogadishu

 

Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen have shot and killed a Somali prominent elder on Thursday night in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

Witnesses to the attack said that he was accosted by two attackers who drew their pistols, shot him at point blank range near his house in and fled the crime scene.

Security officials arrived at the scene shortly after the murder and could not apprehend the killers.

Police said that they are investigating the murder and talking to witnesses.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the murder of the late elder, the latest in series of assassinations against traditional elders in Mogadishu city.