Tuesday August 30, 2022
Mogadishu (HOL) - Deputy Yaqshid district commissioner for administration and politics, Moalim Hussein Filaweyne, was killed in an IED explosion in Mogadishu on Sunday night.
According to district administration officials, the deceased was killed by a bomb fitted in his car in the Bula Maxaay neighbourhood in Karaan district.
Security forces allegedly conducted an operation at the scene to search for the attackers.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Still, al Shabaab is known to target government officials with roadside bombs and direct attacks.
The attack comes just a week after al Shabaab carried out a 30-hour attack on Mogadishu's Hotel Hayat, killing at least 21 people and injuring 117.