Hiiraan Online
By Shafi’i Mohyaddin
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Galkayo (HOL) - The United Nations has on Tuesday airlifted the bodies of two of its officials who were shot dead at the Galkayo airport yesterday.
The United Nations deputy representative to Somalia Philippe Lazzarini told the media at Galkayo airport that it was a very shocking experience for the world body to learn the assassination of its officials urging the government of Puntland to do its utmost to bring the perpetrators to justice.
“The cooperation between Puntland and the UN agencies will continue and we hope that such brutal killing will not stop both sides from cooperating” Lazzarini told the media at the airport, but accentuated that the culprits must not escape from punishment.
International community strongly condemned the assassination of the officials working for the UN agency dealing with drug and crime who were identified as a British National and former Scotland Yard police officer Simon Davies and a French citizen Clement Gorrisen.
The officials were on a piracy-related mission when they were shot dead inside Galkayo airport on Monday.
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