{{Unknown gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker on Tuesday in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, who was the second Somali member of parliament (MP) killed in 24 hours, Radio Mogadishu reported.}}<\/p>\n
Lawmaker Abdelaziz Isaq Mursal was shot dead as he left his home in the western district of Dherkenlay in Mogadishu, according to the report.<\/p>\n
“The attackers escaped in a vehicle after the killing. Somali security forces arrived in the scene of the incident,” Radio Mogadishu reported.<\/p>\n
The killing of the MP comes a day after lawmaker Isaq Mohamed Riino was killed in a car bomb explosion.<\/p>\n
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Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the killing of Riino and the militants vowed to continue targeting Somali government officials.<\/p>\n
The killing of the MP was widely condemned by the Somali government, UN envoy and African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom).<\/p>\n
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said the killing was a cowardly act and vowed to bring to justice those behind the deadly bomb blast.<\/p>\n
UN Somalia envoy Nicholas Kay described the killing as a terrorist act and called for a “full investigation” of the assassination of Riino while Amisom said the assassination was “unacceptable” as representatives of the Somali people, “any attack on MPs is an attack on the people.”<\/p>\n
Somali government officials vowed to tackle insecurity in Mogadishu which has lately been witnessing intermittent explosions and targeted killings of both civilians and government officials.<\/p>\n
The extremist Al-Shabaab group has been pushed out of several key areas in the south and center of Somalia by Somali government and Amisom forces.<\/p>\n
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