Monday September 17, 2018
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF
Somali Prime Minster Hassan Ali Khayre (centre) visiting lawmaker Mohamed Mursal Borow at the Erdogan Hosital in Mogadishu on September 15, 2018. The MP was seriously injured in a car bomb explosion that killed his driver on the sport. PHOTO | SOMALIA OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
A member of Somalia’s federal parliament is fighting for his life in hospital after surviving a car bomb attack.
A
bomb attached to Mr Mohamed Mursal Borow's car went off in Mogadishu on
Saturday night, killing his driver on the spot and inflicting serious
injuries on the lawmaker.
He was taken to the Erdogan Hospita where is is recuperating.
The fatal explosion occurred at a crossroads next to the National Theatre, a landmark in the city centre.
Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre was among officials who visited Mr Borow at his Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the hospital.
“We will closely follow the situation of the injured MP,” said the Prime Minister.
The
jihadist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on the
legislator who represents a constituency in the southwest state.