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| Africa Horn |
| Briton, French gunned down at Galkayo airport |
| 2014-04-08 |
| GALKAYO, Somalia -- Two foreigners working for United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have been killed at Abdullahi Yusuf airport in Mudug regional capital of Galkayo of central Somalia on Monday, Garowe Online reports. According to Puntland government officials, airport security guard opened fire inside the airport terminal shortly after the British and French citizens arrived in Somalia's northeastern state of Puntland for official visit. Speaking on Puntland-based independent station, Radio Garowe the Director of Puntland's Counter-Piracy Directorate Abdirizak Mohamed Ahmed said' the UN officials were set to hold a meeting with Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas and Somali remittance companies' chiefs'. "The French Clement Garrison and the other British citizen Simon were killed in a dramatic shooting at the airport," Ahmed Added. Puntland President Abdiweli Gaas condemned the heinous act and admitted that stable Puntland has never witnessed such terrible incident. He told that insane soldier grabbed AK-47 rifle from another soldier who was standing guard at the airport. "The perpetrators are being held at facility and investigations are underway for the terrible incident," noted President Gaas. The plane carrying the UN officials took off from Hargeisa airport in the early hours of Monday morning. Galkayo, at Puntland's southern gate, connects the state to south-central regions plagued by chronic insecurity. |
| Posted by:Steve White |