(Sh.M.Network)-- Unknown gunnies killed a renowned refugee security committee leader at the Dadaab complex in northernKenya, officials said on Monday.Garissa County Commissioner Mohamed Maalim who confirmed the 14: 00 hours incident however said that the man was neither a government nor governmental designated security officer but was one of the refugee local community peace representative.
The 40 year-old Mahad Muhumed Said was shot in day light by unknown assailants who escaped on foot at IFO refugee camp in the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex.
An eye witness, Mohamed Hussein, told Xinhua that the lone gun man who was armed with a pistol shot the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) IFO refugee camp security chair.
"We had gun shots and people run for their lives fearing that there might be an kaboom that will follow the gun shots. Business came to a stand still, shops were closed and even hotels were hurriedly shut as everybody scampered for safety," Hussein said.
"We rushed to the scene and found the man bleeding profusely. He was later rushed to IFO where he was later pronounced dead," Hussein said.
There has been a string of attacks in Dadaab refugee camp by Al- Shabaab snuffies and their sympathizers since Kenya sent troops into Somalia in October last year to subdue the bully boyz who were blamed for a series of murders and kidnappings on the Kenya soil with Daadab district which hosts the refugee camps being one of the worst hit by the attacks.
More than 20 security officers have been killed in 11 attacks that have occurred in the north-eastern region, while more than 20 people have also bit the dust in a series of landmine or grenade attacks in the region.
In the latest attacks on Monday, the suspect is believed to be a sympathizer of the Al-Shabaab
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