Senior intelligence official injured in drive by shooting in Mogadishu

A senior intelligence official, Hussein Dhere sustained bullet injuries in Hamarwyene area when his car was sprayed with bullets. His bodyguard was also injured.

Witnesses said the armed men sped off after firing at the vehicle Dhere was driving in.

Meanwhile, an unidentified person was injured in a shooting incident in Waberi. Sources told Goobjoog News the man had been shot by unknown persons who fled the scene leaving the man to fight for his life.

The two incidents happened within a short time after media owner was shot dead in Mogadishu in drive by shooting near Digfer Hospital in Hodan district by unidentified gunmen. Hagafay was the spokesman of the defunct Himan and Heeb administration in central Somalia.

It is not clear if there is a connection between the incidents which occurred in different places within a short span of time.