

Mogadishu, Somalia (HOL) - Somali parliament member and legendary singer Sado Ali warsame has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen as she was travelling on her car in the centre of the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday.
Eye witnesses said that it was a drive-by shooting carried out by gunmen who chased her car and then shot her through the car window. Another person who was in the car with the fallen lawmaker also died in the shooting.
“The perpetrators escaped the scene as soon as they carried out the killing” a woman who demanded anonymity told HOL by telephone.
The anonymous woman said that Somali government forces have cordoned off the whole area and are currently conducting search operations.
The late Sado Ali Warsame who joined Somali parliament in 2012, was one of the country’s most well known legendary singers.
She became the first Somali female lawmaker to be killed in the country in recent years.
No group has yet claimed credit for the killing
HOL English News Desk