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Central Bank official killed in Mogadishu

Storyline:National News

Young men armed with pistols gun downed a senior central bank official in Wadaji district this morning.

Residents said that Abdullahi Mumin was killed few metres away from his home on his to work.

Security forces are reported to have arrived the scene and launched operation to hunt down the perpetrators.

No one has claimed the responsibility of the assault but Alshabab Amniyat branch is notorious of carrying out systemic spate of killings against Federal government officers in the district.

Al-Shabab rebels are fighting to overthrow the country’s internationally-backed government.