Islamic extremists in Somalia, identified as Al Shabaab rebels, shot to death an underground Christian woman and her son and seriously wounded her husband in February.
The family was asleep at their home in Afgoi, about 30 km west of Mogadishu, when at least four armed men attacked them shouting the jihadist slogan ‘Allah Akbar [God is greater]’ and ‘We cannot allow the defiling of our religion with a foreign, Western religion,’ said family head Suleiman Abdiwahab.
The 38-year-old secret Christian, a convert from Islam, is recovering from gunshot wounds to his chest near the right shoulder. ‘The gunmen fired several shots, then destroyed the door with a big metallic object and then were able enter into the house. They randomly shot at everyone.’
Neighbours found the three shot family members lying in their own blood. Discovering Abdiwahab still alive, they took him to a local hospital, and he was later transferred to Mogadishu for specialised treatment.
Abdiwahab, the wounded family head, has been relocated to a shelter in another town.
