Somalia: Roadside bomb kills Somali police commander

(SomaliNet) Witnesses and police said a roadside bomb killed a Somali police commander on Tuesday in the southern town of Merka, the latest in a string of attacks on government officials.

According to the sources, Deputy police chief for Lower Shabelle region Lieutenant Colonel Nuriye Ali Farah died after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Merka, about 100 kilometres south of the capital Mogadishu.

\"His vehicle was targeted by this bomb that was exploded by a remote control,\" Idriss Abdulkadir, who witnessed the attack, said.

Police officials in Merka confirmed the death.

Somali government officials have been regularly targeted by Islamist insurgents who are waging a deadly guerrilla warfare since they were ousted from power early 2007. - Sapa-AFP