Mogadishu: A lawmaker died and another sustained injuries in Mogadishu on Saturday following a drive-by shooting, police said.
The lawmakers, Yusuf Dirir and his colleague Abdalla Boss, were attacked along Maka al Mukarama street when gunmen, driving past them, opened fire.
The two were injured and immediately rushed to a city hospital. Dirir, however, later succumbed to injuries while undergoing an operation.
Police spokesman Qasim Ahmed Roble told Xinhua news agency the gunmen fled the scene immediately after the shooting, which witnesses say was executed by hooded men in a luxury car.
Mohamed Hussein, a member of Somali parliament, told Xinhua his colleagues had just left the parliament building after the day’s session when the incident happened.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the terror group Al Shabaab has on several occasions claimed to be behind such attacks.