(SomaliNet) Unidentified armed men shot dead the deputy army commander of the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia on Sunday. Mohamud Mohamed Siad known as ‘Sanjabil’ was gunned down this morning as he was in El-jale environ 4km southeast of Marka city, the provincial capital of Lower Shabelle region. The governor of Lower Shabelle region Abdukadir Sheikh confirmed the death of the deputy army commander. “A group of men armed with automatic rifles killed Sanjabil and then escaped unharmed but we have sent a team to investigate the latest killing,” said the governor.
It is not yet clear why he was killed and no group has claimed the responsibility of his murder. According to local witnesses, the gunmen stopped the car in which the deputy commander was traveling and ordered him to get off the vehicle where they later shot him dead.
Meanwhile, two unknown men armed with pistols killed a national security officer in Shibis district, east of the capital Mogadishu mid on Sunday. Mohamed Mohamud Barow, was shot dead in Shibis as the attackers escaped but the district commissioner said they are pursuing the muggers.