Gunmen who said they intended to kill a Christian in Somalia for spreading his faith, shot him to death on October 20.
Two men armed with pistols shot Abdikhani Hassan seven times as he approached his home after closing his pharmacy. Before killing Hassan, one of the assailants told his neighbour: ‘We have information that Hassan is spreading wrong religion to our people, and we are looking for him’.
No robbery
‘I got so frightened as the two young men left’, said the neighbour, whose identity is withheld for security reasons.
The unidentified attackers did not rob Hassan of anything.
Islamic extremists from the Al Shabaab rebel group have killed several Christians in the past few years, and although the group no longer controls Mogadishu, a few rebels hiding their militant identity remain in the capital, a source said.
‘The men who murdered Abdikhani are suspected to be Al Shabaab militia and the government is carrying out an investigation looking for the two killers’, the source said.
Family left behind
Hassan is survived by his wife, who is pregnant, and five children ranging in age from 3 to 12.
