Hargeisa, Oct 23, 2013 (SDN) -The opposition Justice and Welfare party (UCID has strongly condemned the failed armed attack on Mohamed Farah Qabile, a member of UCID parliamentarians on Monday night and is urging police authorities to ensure those responsible are found and brought to justice quickly.
In a statement issued today by the party’s information secretary Yusuf Kayse Abdilahi stated that it was a relief that the assassination attempt failed, but the assailant fled and the police should bring the perpetrators to the justice.
Mohamed Farah Qabile is a member of Somaliland’s House of Representatives and is a leading critic of president Silanyo’s administration.
On Monday night a man armed with a pistol attacked the parliamentarian at Jigjiga Yar district in Hargeisa but the parliamentarian narrowly escaped from assassination attempt after the bullet fired by the attacker missed him.
It’s the second time that MP Qabile is targeted by unknown assailants in Hargeisa.
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