Somali Islamist militants shoot government official dead in Mogadishu
(Reuters) – Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a government official in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and a spokesman for the group said. Abdifatah Barre, the deputy district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Wadajir district, was shot dead in his car. “Gunmen opened fire on the car of the deputy district commissioner this morning….
