Somali interior minister killed in suicide attack
Somali Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan Killed
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.
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. group said it carried out the attack and said more would follow. 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
Officials say the bomber was his own teenage niece, who had joined the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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. group said it carried out the attack and said more would follow. 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
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