Somalia: Three killed in separate Mogadishu shootings

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least three people were killed in separate shootings in Mogadishu on Tuesday night by suspected Al Shabaab assassins, police and witnesses said, Garowe Online reports.

According to an eyewitness, assailants armed with pistols shot and killed three people, including Somali security force members and civil servants near former Gaheyr University in the capital's Deynile district.

One of the men was gunned down just after leaving a mosque by the attackers, believed to be Al Shabaab militants who escaped the crime scene before the arrival of the Somali security forces.

No group has yet claimed the responsibility for the killings, the latest in a string of shootings in the seaside city amidst tight security and heavy presence of government forces on the main streets and junctions.

In the aftermath of the incident, the National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] troops carried out a massive security operation in Hodon district, arresting hundreds of youths in connection with the killings.

Mogadishu has witnessed increasing assassinations and bomb attacks in the past few months, mostly claimed by Al Shabaab, which is fighting to oust the UN-backed weak Somalia's Federal government.

GAROWE ONLINE

Related Articles

Somali Opposition Lawmaker Stripped of Parliamentary Seat

The decision, which aligns with Article 59 of Somalia’s Constitution mandating regular attendance, ends Abiib’s tenure representing seat HOP#201

  • Somalia

    15-03-2025

  • 11:51AM

Somalia Rejects U.S. Proposal to Resettle Gaza Residents

Hundreds of U.S. soldiers are stationed in the country, most of whom were removed by Trump in December 2020 before he left the White House.

  • Somalia

    14-03-2025

  • 07:27PM