MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – An unidentified gunmen have last night killed district officer in lower shabelle region.
According to sources, the gunmen attacked the residential house of the officer with hand grenades before forcing their way into the house.
Mohamed Abdullahi Omar was the acting district commissioner of Wanlaweyn district.
The gunmen shot dead the officer and managed to escape from the scene before the security forces arrived.
The bomb reportedly injured at least five people who in the house the attack.
No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Authorities in the town vowed to launch investigation and bring the perpetrators before the justice.
Al-Shabaab which has been carried out assassination attacks against government officials and military commanders has not yet commented on the incident.
The group killed regional lawmaker last month after they abducted from Jowhar-Mogadishu highway.
















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