By: Malyun Ali
Galkaio (RBC) Unknown gun men assassinated senior officer working for the Ethiopian consulate in Puntland, RBC Radio reports.
According to eyewitness in Galkaio gun men shot dead Mr. Mukhtar Sheikh Ali, Somali-Ethiopian citizen in Galkaio on Friday evening.
“The killing occurred at about 8:00.p.m. the backside of Galkaio stadium”, an eyewitness told RBC Radio with a condition of anonymity.
Mukhtar Sheikh Ali, 55 already served as the former district commissioner in Galladi district of Ethiopia administrated eastern region of Kilin-5 inhabited by Somalis.
RBC Radio correspondent in Galkaio says the cause of the killing is still unclear and the event came as Galkaio town experiences growing insecurity cases in the last two weeks.
Two suspects were arrested for the case, security officer confirmed to RBC Radio.
The Ethiopian consulate in Garowe, the capital of Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland was opened on May 2009, to focus the security issues as well as the trade and immigration matters in the two administrations.
RBC Radio
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