By Malyun Ali
QORYOLEY (RBC) Al Shabab militant group in Somalia assassinated a retired Somali politician and member of former Somalia parliament between 1964 and 1969, RBC Radio reports.
Late Ahmed Gure, aged 95 was killed and then his body tortured and burnt by Al Shabab fighters late on Sunday evening (May 5th, 2013) at his residence in Buulo Sheekh village, 35-km away from Qoryooley district of Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region.
According to family members Al Shabab fighters came into late Gure’s residence where banana-grown farm belonged to him locates and killed him together with his grandson Mahad Gure, aged 28 on the spot.
The bodies of the pair were seen badly tortured and burnt by the militants as they left away. Family members went to the place and buried the bodies on Monday.
The motive of the assassination was not clear as the militants did not comment about the killing.
Relatives say they did not know what the retired and old man was killed while he was not in any political activities since he has left politics in mid 1976.
Brief biography
Late Ahmed Gure was born in 1918. During his early boyhood he joined Somali Youth League and took part in the country’s freedom movements in 1945.
With the first independent government in Somalia on 1960, Late Gure was appointed as the governor of Bari region, based in Boosaaso town on the northeastern of Somalia where he served until 1961.
Between 1961 up-to 1964 he has served as the first consular of Somali Embassy in Germany, making the first Somali Embassy opened in Germany.
After returning back to his homeland in 1964, Late Gure was elected as member of Somalia parliament and served as MP until 1969 when the military officers took power through the bloodless coup.
From 1976 when he was kicked off from politics due growing pressure from the military regime until the civil wars broke out he had not taken part in and politics and went to his home region Lower Shabelle where he started cultivating his farm and remained to live with his family members including his grandchildren.
RBC Radio
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