LAFOOLE (Halbeeg News)-Unknown assailants have shot dead nine women in Lafole area in the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu on Monday.
Several others were wounded according to Somali government officials.
The incident happened while the women were on a cleaning exercise in the area.
“For now we can confirm the death of nine female members,” Lafole district commissioner, Ayan Hajji Hassan, said.“We will share with you other information including who is behind the attack.”
Unverified reports also indicated that the gunmen have taken two other women leading the general cleaning process, but It is not clear where they were taken to.
No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack so far.
Somali prime minister, Hassan Ali Kheyre has launched the construction of 30-kilometer road funded by the state of Qatar in the area last week.
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