Mogadishu (Sunatimes) A high-ranking Somali presidential security officer died and two others seriously wounded after Somalia’s presidential guards clashed with the security details of speaker of parliament inside the heavily fortified Somalia’s presidential palace in Mogadishu.

During the clash, the three principals of the Somali government, President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, his newly appointed Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and the speaker of the national Assembly, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan were holding close door meeting inside the presidential palace.

A fierce exchange of gunfire ensued shortly after presidential guards manning the presidential palace refused an entry to the meeting hall, one of the security details of the speaker of Parliament, who was by then armed with pistol.

Reports say, Ali Sharif, a close relative attached to the security details of speaker of the parliament has been but behind bars for creating upheavals in the presidential palace.

This comes a time when the highly expected naming of the Somali cabinet has been postponed indefinitely.

By Abdisalan Abdulle