|
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Men armed with pistols killed a police official in Somalia's capital, a spokesman said Tuesday. It was the latest in a series of attacks on the police force as the government struggles against an Islamic insurgency.
A group of young men shot Abdi Kahiye several times in the head and chest late Monday near his house in the south of Mogadishu, police spokesman Abdullhi Sha'sha said. Ali Kheyr Osman, an area resident who saw the shooting, said Kahiye died before relatives could take him to a hospital.
Though Kahiye was not in charge of key police operations in Mogadishu, he was a well-known figure as the head of the ceremonial orchestra that entertains visiting officials and was considered well-connected politically.
|