(SomaliNet) Mogadishu mayor, Adde Hassan Ali known as ‘Adde Gabow’ has on Wednesday expressed his sorrow over the death of a local militia commander who was killed by unknown gunman last night. Mr. Adde Gabow described the murder subjected to Ahmed Hersi as an act of destabilizing the capital blaming the killing on what he called ‘peace killers’. The city’s mayor said the killed commander in NBC village, south of Mogadishu was fighting with insurgents that hit mortars into Mogadishu airport. Ahmed Hesri was among the money exchangers in Bakara market and also was commander of the vigilantes in Al-Baraka and NBC villages in Mogadishu. He was known to fight against the thieves and bandits in the capital. On Tuesday, Ahmed Hersi Mohamed known as “Dhashane” the commander of the local militia hired for the security in the parts of Mogadishu has been killed in south of the capital as he was coming out of mosque near Bakara market. “A man armed with a pistol hit Hersi with several bullets after the Maqrib prayer around 6:40pm local time and the gunman escaped unharmed,” eyewitness who declined to be mentioned told Somalinet.
It is not yet clear who was behind the latest killing and no one has claimed the responsibility of it. Earlier, there were strong warnings by the insurgent groups against anyone who is seen to be working with the interim government in Somalia.