(SomaliNet) A local business man has been shot dead in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayu, 500km of the capital by unknown gunman late Monday. The security situation in the city has been worsening for the past few days. Ahmed Kheyr was gunned down overnight in front of his house. Witnesses say he was hit by several bullets and died on the spot. “I saw when the gunman was shooting the businessman, I could do nothing because I feared,” one resident who declined to be named said.
Shortly after the shooting, the security forces reached the area while the attacker escaped already unharmed.
It is not clear whether the latest killing was related to political motivation but the police in Kismayu are now continuing investigations over the case. “We are conducting an inquiry over who was behind the killing on the businessman,” said the police chief in Kismayu Ibrahim Shanfol. | Oh who, oh who could it be? |