A perfect Islamic murder. The young niece, who by visiting her relatives numerous times was no longer seen as a threat, one day walks in the house and pushes the detonator, ending her life and that of her uncle, Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan. The niece was a member of Al-Shabab, the main force of Islam and sharia in Somalia and in control of a good third of the country, including Mogadishu.
Somalia has been governmentless for almost 20 years, suffering through countless ineffectual and lawless administrations. It has been the people suffering the most with many killed and many more wounded or driven to be a forced refugee. As Islam advances, so does poverty and injustice. The death of Sheikh Hassan shows the utter uselessness of an Islamic society, and what will happen to those considered less than Muslim.
From BBC June 10
Somali minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan killed by niece
Somalia has been governmentless for almost 20 years, suffering through countless ineffectual and lawless administrations. It has been the people suffering the most with many killed and many more wounded or driven to be a forced refugee. As Islam advances, so does poverty and injustice. The death of Sheikh Hassan shows the utter uselessness of an Islamic society, and what will happen to those considered less than Muslim.
From BBC June 10
Somali minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan killed by niece
Political unrest shows no sign of easing in strife-ridden Mogadishu
Somali Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan has been killed in a suicide attack at his home in the capital, Mogadishu.
Officials say the bomber was his own teenage niece, who had joined the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
The group said it carried out the attack and said more would follow.
Meanwhile, two people are said to have been killed in Mogadishu during protests against a deal to extend the terms of the president and parliament.
Under the deal signed in Uganda on Thursday, their mandates have been extended until June 2012 and the prime minister is to be sacked.
Friday saw a second day of demonstrations in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
Witnesses said troops fired on the protesters, who had gathered outside the hotel where MPs have been meeting.
Losing ground
The attack against Sheikh Hassan was the third suicide attack in Mogadishu in three weeks.
His niece had visited his home several times in recent days and the guards did not carry out a security check.
She walked into the home, set off the bomb, and was killed instantly.
The minister died from his injuries as efforts were under way to fly him for treatment in neighbouring Kenya.
In recent months al-Shabab - which has links with al-Qaeda - have lost territory as Somali government troops and African Union soldiers have been on the offensive.
BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross says that when al-Shabab has appeared to be militarily weak in the past, it has targeted high-profile government officials.
The group still controls much of southern and central areas of the country.
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She walked into the home, set off the bomb, and was killed instantly.
The minister died from his injuries as efforts were under way to fly him for treatment in neighbouring Kenya.
In recent months al-Shabab - which has links with al-Qaeda - have lost territory as Somali government troops and African Union soldiers have been on the offensive.
BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross says that when al-Shabab has appeared to be militarily weak in the past, it has targeted high-profile government officials.
The group still controls much of southern and central areas of the country.
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