The al-Shabab militant group claimed responsibility for the assassination of Somalia's deputy attorney general on Wednesday in Mogadishu. Witnesses told VOA Somali that two men on a motorcycle blocked his way, ordered him to exit the car and shot him dead. Somali officials condemned the attack on Mursal and described him as a rising attorney who studied Islamic law in Saudi Arabia. In September 2017, al-Shabab gunmen assassinated Mursal's mother, Anab Abdullahi Hashi, who was secretary general of a Somali women's organization. The deputy leader of the administration, Mohamud Sayid Aden, told VOA Somali that the explosions targeted Ethiopian soldiers and that two were among the wounded.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2019 19:41 UTC