The Somali army killed seven Al-Shabaab militants during an
operation in the east of Galgudud region in central Somalia on Tuesday evening.
The Islamist terrorist group al Shabaab claimed
responsibility for the killing of a senior Somalia security official, who was
gunned down late on Tuesday by one of his own bodyguards. Abdiweli Ibrahim
Mohamed, the head of national security in Somalia's Middle Shebelle region, was
shot dead in Jowhar, a town 90 kilometres north of Mogadishu.
Ramadan death toll is now at 7,239
