(SomaliNet) A civilian person has been shot dead in the Somalia capital Mogadishu late Sunday by an unknown gunman hours after a huge bomb exploded and people wounded. Witnesses told Somalinet that this afternoon a man armed with a pistol shot several time a man walking near Amal Bank building in Bakara market, south of the capital and escaped unharmed. The victim died on the spot. The nearby police forces cordoned off the area and began searching but no one was arrested for the latest killing. “We are investigating the matter and we are tracing down the criminal sooner,” said local official. Also within today around 1:25pm local time a hand grenade bomb was targeted on a Khat market near Howl-Wadag junction not far from Bakara market wounding four civilians. Two of the injured persons were women who were busy in selling Khat. A truck carrying police officers was passing the area in time of the bomb attack, according to local resident.
It is much harder for journalists to find out what is exactly on the ground because of security reasons. No group has claimed the responsibility of the latest killing and blasts although the transitional government blames all these acts of violence on the remnants of the ousted Islamic Courts Union.