At least two people were killed when members of terrorist group al-Shabaab riddled the car of a senior Somali government official with bullets, security officials said on Saturday.
Four attackers in a luxury vehicle fired at the car of Ali Mohamed Madobe in the Wdajir district of capital Mogadishu, security official Mohamed Hassan told DPA .
“He was attacked while he was on his way to work by four suspected al-Shabaab fighters armed with pistols and an AK47 rifle,” Mr. Hassan said.
Mr. Madobe’s driver and bodyguard were killed in the attack, while Mr. Madobe was seriously injured.
Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Mus’ab confirmed the group’s responsibility for the attack on radio al-Andalus shortly after the shooting.
Security forces sealed off the area of the attack. An investigation was under way, according to Wadajir district administration official Ali Abdulle.
