{"id":9760,"date":"2022-02-22T23:21:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T23:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2022-02-23T12:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T12:24:58","slug":"iconic-islamic-cleric-killed-in-a-car-explosion-in-kismayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2022\/02\/22\/iconic-islamic-cleric-killed-in-a-car-explosion-in-kismayo\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic islamic cleric killed in a car explosion in Kismayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

KISMAYO —<\/strong>\u00a0Reports from Kismayo town under Jubaland administration, confirm that Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed died in a car explosion today.<\/p>\n

A released press statement state that the explosion that killed a prominent Somali cleric, took place at Somalia Star intersection in Kismayo. The bomb was deliberately attached to the bottom of the car that was driven by Sheikh Abdinasir Ahmed.<\/p>\n

The Jubaland police forces arrived at the scene of the detonation and have confirmed that Sheikh Abdinasir Ahmed was the only causality in the unfortunate explosion that has occurred today.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Abdinasir Ahmed was previously living in Las Anod town, in Sool District. Reports confirm that he went on this trip to Kismayo for meetings.<\/p>\n

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No group has claimed responsibility for the attack that took place in Kismayo today killing a famous Islamic cleric.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Information, Culture and Awareness and Spokesperson of the Government, Mr. Saleban Yusuf Ali Koore, has sent a message of condolences to the family, relatives and the clergy in general on the death of Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed, one of Somaliland\u2019s leading clerics.<\/p>\n

A number of religious scholars in Hargeisa also condemned the killing of the sheikh and prayed to God to give him his mercy on the deceased.<\/p>\n

Source: Somali Dispatch\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KISMAYO —\u00a0Reports from Kismayo town under Jubaland administration, confirm that Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed died in a car explosion today. A released press statement state that the explosion that killed a prominent Somali cleric, took place at Somalia Star intersection in Kismayo. The bomb was deliberately attached to the bottom of the car that was …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t