Gunmen shot dead a peace activist elder amid rise of assassinations in Mogadishu
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Monday January 09, 2023 - 21:19:50 in Latest News by Horn Observer
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MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Unidentified gunmen shot dead a prominent peace activist and clan elder, Yusuf Adan Madey in Mogadishu, police and family members said on Monday.
Yusuf, who was in his 70s, was walking to his home near the Nasteho neighbourhood, Wadajir district in Mogadishu when gunmen approached and shot him several times in the head and chest.
"We are saddened by the death of elder Yusuf Adan Madey. I have known him for twenty years. He was a leading figure in Somalia's peace process. He comes from Galjecel clan," a family member Mohamud Adan told Horn Observer.
A police officer Abshir Nur said the police did not find the killers when they reached the area. Nobody was arrested for the assassination which took place in a broad day light.
Family members said they did not know any reason that could lead to Yusuf's murder.
Reports from Mogadishu say that assassinations and random killings are on the rise in Mogadishu. At least four individuals, two of them civilians including a woman, were shot dead in Mogadishu's Madina neighbourhood on Sunday night followed by grenade attack in Heliwa district, according to the police.
Meanwhile, unknown people attacked a military base housing the Eritrean-trained forces near the defense ministry in Mogadishu.
Casualties are not yet known.
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Gunmen shot dead a peace activist elder amid rise of assassinations in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Unidentified gunmen shot dead a prominent peace activist and clan elder, Yusuf Adan Madey in Mogadishu, police and family members said on Monday.