Elderly man gunned down in Mogadishu

Unidentified gunmen have gunned down an elderly man in Yaqshid district in Mogadishu barely two days after a youth activist and entrepreneur was killed in similar circumstances in the city.

Eyewitnesses said that unknown gunmen shot dead the man identified as Hussein Hilawle and immediately fled the scene.

It was not immediately clear the reasons behind the killing and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Government security forces have immediately reached at the scene to carry out operations.

The incident follows the gunning down of activist and an entrepreneur  Mohamed Sheikh Ali in broad daylight at Banaadir junction in Mogadishu.

Mogadishu has witnessed increased attacks and killings in the recent weeks after the security forces were lifted from the main junctions in the capital Mogadishu.

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