A former Secretary of the Banaadir Reginal administration was on Sunday killed in a car bomb in Mogadishu.
Amin Sheikh Elmi died after the IED which is said to have been fixed on his vehicle exploded in KM4 Junction, in Hodan district.
This is the same area where the director of the Somali Army Hospital Ms Khadija Iman Aynte and her driver sustained injuries following a landmine explosion targeting their vehicle in Taleeh area.
Al-Shabab militants have in the past taken responsibility for attacks on government officials and premises.
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