Africa Review
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Gunmen armed with pistols Thursday evening killed the deputy
Attorney General of the Somali government, Mr Ahmed Malim Sheikh Nur.
He is the most senior official killed in the capital since a new government took office last year.
The killing in the Yakshid district of north Mogadishu was confirmed by Mr Mohamed Hassan, the country's deputy prosecutor.
"The deceased was attacked soon after he left Ramadan Mosque," said Mr Hassan, who said that the killers then fled the scene.
"He died [on the spot] while a companion was wounded."
Mr Hassan Ali Hayle, the country's Attorney
General, told the media Friday that the deceased was his college-mate,
having graduated together from the Somali National University in 1980.
Eyewitnesses said the killing was carried out by three men.
Security officials have been combing the scene of the crime for clues as to the perpetrators.
"Despite the initial failure to capture the
assailants, we are continuing with investigations," Yakshid district
commissioner Mohydin Jurus said.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing, who was also a well known jurist in the city.
On April 14, militants loyal to Al-Shabaab, the
radical Islamist group, assaulted the compound housing the courts in
Mogadishu, killing over 20 people.