Mogadishu (Halbeeg)- Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a prominent Somali elder in the capital Mogadishu, the latest in a series of targeted assassinations against elders involved in the recent elections.
Ibrahim Ali Hassan was shot dead in Dharkeynley district by gun-toting assassins who fled the scene before the arrival of police authority.
Late Hassan was among the Electoral College who elected members of current Somalia s Federal Parliament from the regional administration of Southwest state in December 2016.
No group has yet claimed the responsibility for the killing of the elder.
Previously Al-Shabaab threatened electoral delegate who participated in the electoral process that they will be targeted by their fighters.
The attack comes less than a week after unknown gunmen killed a well-known elder in Mogadishu.
Abdi Ulusow was on his way home from Mosque when two men armed with pistols accosted and shot home in the head and chest several times in Hamar-Jajab district.
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