Somali lawmaker shot dead in Mogadishu, fifth this year

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somali gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in Mogadishu Friday as he left prayers at mosque, police and witnesses said, the latest in a string of attacks and killings in the capital.

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1 August 2014

Gunmen reportedly opened fire from a car in a drive-by shooting in the centre of the city, before racing off.

"Sheikh Adan Madeer was shot and killed in central Mogadishu by gunmen," witness Abdisalan Mohamed told AFP. "The gunmen then fled and got away."

Madeer, who was chairman of the parliamentary finance committee, is the fifth Somali deputy to be killed since the start of the year.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Somalia