Somalia lawmaker injured in gun attack in Mogadishu
Xinhua, November 7, 2015 Adjust font size:
A Somalia lawmaker was seriously injured after being attacked by suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen in Hamar-wayne region in the Somali capital, Mogadishu early Saturday, officials said.
Hamar-wayne District Commissioner Abdikadir Mohamed said the injured lawmaker Mohamed Ahmed Gurhan was attacked by the militants who later escaped from the scene.
"The Member of Parliament has been rushed to the hospital after sustaining serous injuries on his body. He is recuperating in the hospital," Mohamed told Xinhua by telephone.
Al-Shabaab militants claimed the responsibility of the latest attack on the lawmaker, claiming they killed the MP at Hamar-weyne's biggest mall.
Gurhan became the second Member of Parliament to have been attacked in a week after the insurgents killed a lawmaker when they carried out deadly attack at Sahafi hotel in Mogadishu on Nov. 1.
On Friday, AMISOM troops killed nine militants in southern Somalia. The attack at Jungal, 30kms northwestof Bardhere, the KDF and Somali National Army (SNA) also saw the AU forces recover nine AK 47 rifles, five improvised explosive devices and assorted ammunition. Endit