Police in Galkayo are detaining a former officer after he allegedly shot and killed a man and his son last night.
The suspect was a police officer who received of his duty a year ago after he suffered neuropathy.
Speaking to the media, Galkayo District Commissioner, Mohamud Yassin Tumey said the police arrested the suspect hours after the incident.
Tumey said preliminary investigations showed he shot the victims in the stomach and head.
” The officer commenced into what happened and the reason behind the attack. The police took the suspect into custody,” he said.
It is yet unclear the motive behind the killing of the two.
Though there was said has no connection with Al-Shabab attacks in the town, several people including officials have been gunned down in Galkayo town since last year.
Al-Shabab had claimed responsibility for Most of the attacks in the town.
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