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Unknown gunmen kill two aid workers in Somalia: police

Xinhua, December 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Unknown gunmen on Monday killed a female staff of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) along with another employee working for a local NGO in Mogadishu.

Mahdi Abdulle, a police officer, said Amina Mohamed Nor, a UNHCR employee and a NGO worker were killed near Makka Al-Mukarrama road in the centre of Mogadishu.

Abdulle said the gunmen fired at Mohammed's car, adding that she died on the spot, as well as aother NGO worker whose identity was not established.

"Of course the enemies of peace have carried out this terrorist act which caused the death of those who serve the people, we will bring them to justice someday," Abdulle said.

The officer noted that the gunmen who carried out the heinous act managed to escape and are still at large. Witnesses said that they heard several gunshots at the scene.

"We heard gunfire and before we could ask what had happened, we saw two aid workers who were killed," local resident Macow Sabriye told Xinhua.

Sabriye said the police arrived at the scene to investigate the incident. No one has claimed responsibility for that attack.

Usually, Mogadishu is witnessing assassinations against government officials and journalists in addition to aid workers for international organizations. Endit