Islamists kill Somalia”s ex-defense minister with car bomb

Islamist militant group al Shabaab killed Somalia’s former defense minister with a car bomb in capital Mogadishu on Monday, officials said. Al Shabaab, which is aligned to al Qaeda, said it planted the car bomb that killed Muhayadin Mohamed, who was also an adviser to the speaker of Somalia’s parliament. “We are behind his killing,” […]

Islamist militant group al Shabaab killed Somalia’s former defense minister with a car bomb in capital Mogadishu on Monday, officials said.
Al Shabaab, which is aligned to al Qaeda, said it planted the car bomb that killed Muhayadin Mohamed, who was also an adviser to the speaker of Somalia’s parliament. “We are behind his killing,” Sheikh Anbdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, said.  A police official confirmed Mohamed was killed and added a second person in the car survived the blast without any serious injuries.