Official of Somalis killed in suicide attack

Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan was killed in his home by a suicide bomber.Somali Interior Minister Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan has been murdered by a suicide bomberHassan was murdered in her own home by the bomber, who was a womanHassan was treated for wounds in the head and one leg before dying

Minister of the interior of Somalia It was killed Friday in a suicide bomb attack carried out at home by a female bomber, said that officials of the Somali Government.

The death of Sheikh Abdishakur Hassan was announced the State run radio by the Deputy Minister of information in Somalia.

Hassan was briefly treated for wounds in the head and one leg in the Hospital of Benedir of Mogadishu before he died, according to a security officer of Government who refused to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

The official confirmed that the suicide bomber had been staying in the House of Hassan.
The al - Shabaab jihadist group has carried out a war against the Somali Government in an effort to implement more strict form of Islamic law, or sharia law. Somalia has not had a stable Government since 1991, and the fighting between the rebels and Government troops has added to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa nation.

It was not immediately clear whether the suicide bomber had links with al - Shabaab.Journalist Mohamed Amiin contributed to this report
 
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