Bosaso (Sunatimes) Al-Shabaab militant group is to be blamed for the recent assassination of a
renowned cleric in Puntland, Sheikh Ahmed Hajji Abdirahman who was shot dead in
Bosaso on Monday morning, clerics claim.
Meeting
at Al-Rowda Mosque in Bosaso on Tuesday evening, the clerics produced what they
claimed was documents and messages sent to the deceased before his death to
prove their accusation against the rebel group.
They
said the brutal assassination was the work of Al-Shabaab militant group in
Somalia.
The
meeting was attended by several renowned clerics in Puntland including Sheikh
Dahir Aw Abdi, Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah and Sheikh Fua’d Mohamud.
Unknown
assailants armed with Pistols shot dead the Sheikh as he came out of a Mosque
in the area, where he joined other faithfuls in conducting their Morning
Prayer.
The
attackers immediately fled the scene of the incident.
Earlier
on Monday, Puntland president Abdirahman Mohamed Farole echoed the same and
accused Al-Shabaab militant group of masterminding the killing of the Sheikh.
Farole
said the assassination was part of rebel conspiracy to eliminate religious
leaders who oppose its ideology, promising that his people will fight and
defeat the perpetrator of the killing.
By
Rooble Dirir
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Puntland clerics blame Al-Shabaab for killing one of their colleague .
The meeting was attended by several renowned clerics in Puntland including Sheikh Dahir Aw Abdi