MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 22, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Garowe Online got the names and photographic images of some of the people killed in Mogadishu’s deadliest rampage in months.
At least ten people were initially confirmed dead; however the death toll has been gradually rising, with the latest ACCOUNTS disclosing 20 deaths.
Abdishakur Mire Adan: Politician, renowned author and veteran journalist died in the attack. Late adan [better known as ‘Obol] held various posts in former Puntland governments between 2002 and 2013. Over the last few months, he had been maintaining presence in Mogadishu as the Deputy CHAIRMAN of Daljir Party.
Sultan Abdulkadir Suldan Yasin Kenadid: A well-known and titled elder who hails from Puntland was among the victims of Al Shabaab terror attack. Kenadid comes from the once powerful and ruling Keenadiid Sultanate.
MP Ahmed Du’alle Haji Kafe: Late Kafe replaced slain female MP and popular singer Sado Ali Warsame. His family resides in the vast Sool and Sanaag regions.
MP Omar Ali Furdug: Late Furdug joined the 275-seat-chamber of parliament in 2012 and he had since been living in volatile Mogadishu.
Abdifatah Khalif Badiyow and Mohamed Elmi: Badiyow was advisor to Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke while the latter has served as permanent secretary at the OFFICE of the Prime Minister.
Mohamed Adan Guuled (Ano Gel): Ano Gel, former journalist and Diaspora returnee from UK had since been the Deputy Banadir Governor.
Mohamed Yusuf Sharlawe: served as Directo- General at Puntland COMMERCE Ministry under the incumbency of President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole.
Shire Jama and Mohamed Amin: Both were waiting for Turkish scholarship and they have left Puntland for Mogadishu in late 2014.
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The hotel's staff are under arrest for allegations of facilitating the attack.
MOGADISHU, Somalia Feb 21, 2015 (Garowe Online)- Somalia's intelligence forces arrested 12 staffers for a HOTEL in connection with deadly double suicide attacks at the hotel that killed 25 people in the Somalia CAPITAL on Friday, officials say.
Somalia's security minister Abdirisaaq Omar Mohamed told journalists that 12 EMPLOYEES at the Central hotel were arrested on the onset of a long investigation into the bombing that killed many including two legislators, politicians and wounded the country's deputy prime minister.
"They have probably perpetrated and facilitated that terrorist attack on the hotel." he said.
Security has been improving in the Somali CAPITAL since the ouster of Islamist militants from the seaside capital in 2011, however, the
group has since stepped up attacks against the government and the African Union forces.
The latest bombing on the hotel frequented by government officials and politicians highlights security challenges facing the weak government which is trying to restore law and order after more than two decades of war.
Al-Shabab claimed the responsibility for the attack which raised concern for the security lapse by the security AGENCIES. - See more at: http://www.garoweonline.com/page/show/p ... zuflq.dpuf
