Gunmen kill U.N. official at mosque
Gunmen opened fire on people leaving a mosque in Mogadishu, killing one of the country’s senior U.N. officials and wounding his son and another man, a witness and a family member said.
Attacks on officials, including those working for the U.N. or aid agencies, are common in Somalia, where Islamic insurgents have vowed to wage an Iraq-style insurgency against the country’s U.N.-supported government.
Osman Ali Ahmed, head of the U.N. Development Program for Somalia, died at the African Union hospital after being shot in the head, his wife said.
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