{"id":29536,"date":"2014-07-03T15:07:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=29536"},"modified":"2014-07-03T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:07:36","slug":"al-shabab-kills-somali-mp-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/al-shabab-kills-somali-mp-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabab kills Somali MP in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"
Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has shot dead a prominent MP in the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n
Ahmed Mohamud Hayd was killed in a drive-by shooting after he left his hotel in a heavily policed area, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
His bodyguard was also killed and a parliamentary secretary wounded in the shooting, witnesses added.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, has vowed to step up attacks during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n
It lost control of Mogadishu to a 22,000-strong African Union (AU) force in 2011, but has continued to carry out bombings and assassinations in the city.<\/p>\n
The killing of Mr Hayd – a former army commander and government minister – has shocked many people, the BBC’s Moalimu Mohammed reports from Mogadishu.<\/p>\n
The shooting was brazen, with gunmen following Mr Hayd and then opening fire on his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab said the group had carried out the “targeted assassination”.<\/p>\n
“We will continue to hunt other MPs if they do not leave the apostate organisation [parliament],” he told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
The al-Qaeda-linked group wants to establish an Islamic state in Somalia.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has shot dead a prominent MP in the capital, Mogadishu. Ahmed Mohamud Hayd was killed in a drive-by shooting after he left his hotel in a heavily policed area, witnesses said. His bodyguard was also killed and a parliamentary secretary wounded in the shooting, witnesses added. Al-Shabab, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n