Somalia news LUSAKA (Sunatimes)- Somali's Ambassador to Zambia Omar Mohammad Umar was on Sunday found dead in the toilet at his Kabulonga residence in unclear circumstances.

Commissioner of police Graphael Musamba confirmed the development in an interview on Wednesday.

"We want to confirm that the Somali ambassador to Zambia whose names are Omar Mohammad Umar aged 53 was found dead in the toilet on August 22, around 14:30 hours at the Somali residence along Kabulonga road.

The man is believed to have been staying alone, the information the police have is that the wife and the children are in Canada," Musamba said.


He said the workers at the residence got concerned that the ambassador was not coming out of the house and they decided to call one of the relatives named Shire Hassan from Emmasdale.

"The trio later reported the matter at Woodlands Police Station and together with the police they went to the scene where they found the deceased in the toilet with the face, facing down and blood coming from the nose...he was found putting on a towel and a pant only," he said.

Musamba said the body of the deceased was lying in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) mortuary awaiting the arrival of the relatives for postmortem to be carried out.

"We are just waiting for the arrival of the children and the wife, that's when the postmortem will be done, to determine the cause of death," he said.

"But according to the information the police got from the workers, the workers have known this man to be sick, they were saying a known taxi used to pick up the ambassador taking him to the hospital everyday."

Musamba said the police had however commenced investigations to determine the cause of death.

Credit: The Post, Lusaka