Mogadishu (Kaab TV) – Gunmen have shot dead Abdirahman Ali Mohamud, a prominent climate change activist in Mogadishu on Thursday night amid an increased violence against civil society members and government critics.
Abdirahman was returning to home from prayers when gunmen approached him and shot him several times on the head and the chest, according to friends and family.
“Abdirahman was killed by unknown gunmen near his home. We are saddened by his death. He was passionate about climate change, youth and peace,” a colleague Mohamed Nur said.
According to witnesses, the gunmen who shot dead Abdirahman were wearing the police uniform and had managed to escape the scene.
Nobody was arrested and no group has yet claimed the responsibility of the attack.
Police in Mogadishu is yet comment on this latest attack.
The killing of Abdirahman comes amid in a string of violent attacks on the members of Somali civil society.
Last week gunmen shot dead a local female aid worker, Shukri Al Mahad Alle, 32, in the Dayniile district, Mogadishu.
Shukri was working with UNICEF as a polio vaccination volunteer.
Nobody was arrested for her murder.