(MENAFN- QNA) At least two people were killed when members of terrorist group al-Shabaab riddled the car of a senior Somali government official with bullets, security officials said Saturday.
Four attackers in a luxury vehicle fired at the car of Ali Mohamed Madobe in the Wdajir district of the capital Mogadishu, security official Mohamed Hassan told reporters.
"He was attacked while he was on his way to work by four suspected al-Shabaab fighters armed with pistols and an AK47 rifle," Hassan was quoted by the DPA as saying.
Madobe's driver and bodyguard were killed in the attack, while Madobe was seriously injured.
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