MOGADISHU --Unidentified assailants in car have killed Puntland lawmaker in drive-by shooting in volatile Mogadishu on Saturday, Garowe Online reports. Witnesses and officials say, Late Adan Haji Hussein (Adan Yare) died from close range gunshots, with attackers managing to flee from the scene right away.The drive-by shooting occurred near Mogadishu’s newly-renovated hospital, Erdogan.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the pre-planned shooting but as has been the case Al Shabaab militants target government officials and foreigners in broad day light attacks.
Adan Yare marks the first high ranking Puntland officials to be killed. In mid-March, Puntland held state funeral for Somali ambassador to UN Human Rights Council late Adan Ismael Bari-Bari whom Al Shabaab infiltrators killed in Mogadishu’s Maka Al Mukarama hotel.