Mogadishu (RBC) Former deputy District Commissioner [DC] of Hamarjajab district of Mogadishu Farah Dahir Jimale has died of his injuries from a bomb blast targeted to him today, RBC Radio reports.
Late Jimale was rushed to the hospital after a bomb planted inside his vehicle blew off just minutes after he drove from Hamarweine neighborhood.
According to Hamarweine District Commissioner, the former deputy commissioner died in the hospital while doctors were treating his critical injuries.
“We are investigating the attack, but we know is that such attacks of this nature are terrorist planed ones.” Col. Dahir Mohamud of Hamarweine police said.
No group has yet claimed the responsibility of the attack, but both Hamarweine and Hamarjajab District Commissioners blamed it on Al Shabab, which is an Al Qaeda linked group in Somalia.
The attack came hours after another former district commissioner survived from a hit-and-run attack in Heliwa district on the north of Mogadishu.
RBC Radio