An attack against the Somali Oil Minister leaves at least two dead in Mogadishu

10 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

At least two men have died this weekend, after several mortar shots were fired in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, against the home of the Oil Minister, Adbirizak Omar Mohamed, whose residence is located near the Presidential Palace. .

According to local media, this attack has claimed the lives of two of the minister’s bodyguards and has injured two more people, without an official balance of victims for now.

This incident coincides with the announcement by the Somali president, Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, to prohibit the carrying of weapons by the civilian population in the capital and to ask people to trust the security forces to protect them from any attack that the Somali government tries to commit. Al Shabaab jihadist group.

Since coming to power, the Somali president has waged a merciless fight against violence in the country, especially that unleashed by Al Shabaab, right now in full retreat after the first phase of the “total war” operation being carried out by the Army Somali and tribal alliances, and which, according to the government, has left more than 3,000 militiamen dead and more than 70 towns recovered.