Somalia: Governor killed in suicide bombing claimed by al-Shabab


The governor of the Mudug region in Somalia’s Puntland has been killed along with three of his bodyguards in a suicide car bombing claimed by armed group al-Shabab, according to the police and a security official.

“A suicide car bomb hit the governor’s car. Governor Ahmed Muse Nur and three of his bodyguards died,” police captain Mohamed Osman said/

In late March, the governor of Puntland was killed in similar circumstances.

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Source: Al Jazeera