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| Africa Horn |
| Gunmen kill four in Mogadishu |
| 2007-02-28 |
| (SomaliNet) While the violence in the Somalia capital continues to increase day by day, unidentified gunmen have on Tuesday killed four people in separate attacks that raged in the main Bakara market in south of Mogadishu. Yusuf Darbuhshe, one of the business people in Mogadishu have been shot dead today when unknown armed men opened fire as he was driving his car in Bakara. It is not yet clear the cause of YusufÂ’s killing. Two others have also been killed in the market for robbery of cell phones they were holding. One of the mobile phone victims was said to have defended himself for a short time until his pistol run out of bullets before he was gunned down, while the other person was killed by stray bullet. An eyewitness told Somalinet that the mobile carrier wounded one of the three bandits who later died of the hurt. They have exchanged gunfire several minutes, which had an impact on the business in the market as vendors abandoned their shops. Also around the main Mogadishu soccer stadium, a civilian man has been killed by unknown gunmen. |
| Posted by:Fred |