Two prominent officers killed in Puntland overnight 091112

Instantly after the evening prayers time on Wednesday evening the magistrate of Bosasso high court Mohamed Abdi Awarre, was gunned down right at his office in Bosasso town, which is located just beside the Mosque where he had performed his prayers, by men who have disguised their faces.

The murderers of the veteran Magistrate who were armed with AK47 Assault rifles have evaded the scene uncaught.

Mr. Awarre has been the most senior magistrate of Bossao high court since the last effective central government of Somalia led by late Mohammed siyad Barre, and he used to rule different crimes almost everyday.

In another incident 2 hours after the killing of the magistrate Ibrahim Elmi a lawmaker in the in the house of the autonomous eastern region of Somalia was as well sprayed with hails of bullets while having a cup of Cappuccino in a certain cafeteria in the town of Growe the capital of Puntland, the perpetrators escaped the spot where they have killed the legislator.

“Three men who have disguised their faces in order not be identified came up-to us and on seeing I was frightened and could not say a word, and when they came closer they sprayed bullets with the MP who was sited into a chair which was not far from where I was sited, and within a fraction of a second they have escaped” said Hassan Farah an eyewitness speaking to shaaficiyah Media .

The killed legislator has been a member of Puntland parliament since it was formed in 1998, and he originally comes from Mudug region. Puntland has been a cool region since the regime of Mohamed Siyad Barre was toppled from power in 1991, but recently it has changed into inferno, because killings of significant people and frequent explosions have become part of life of the people in Puntland

Shaaficiyah Media