Somalia president vows to ensure justice is served after minister shot dead by security forces
Mistaken for an Islamist militant Abas Siraji was shot dead by bodyguards of a government official

Somalia's president has vowed to ensure justice is served after security forces shot dead a young government minister after mistaking him for a militant Islamist.
Somalia's security forces have been fighting the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militant group, which carries out suicide and regular gun and grenade attacks in the capital, Mogadishu.
Officials confirmed minister Abdullahi Sheikh Abas Siraji, 31, was killed by security forces in his vehicle near the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu, on 3 May.
It is unclear what led to the mistaken identity.
Born in Kenya's largest refugee camp Kakuma, Abas Siraji made headlines in November last year after he defeated a prominent Somali official to become a member of parliament in the embattled nation's first parliamentary elections since 1984.
The country's new President, Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed, who was inaugurated in February, condemned the killing, and cut short an official visit to Somalia to attend the Minister for Public Works and Reconstruction's burial, according to state radio.
Pres Farmaajo, "I am deeply saddened by the death of minister Abass. He was young, diligent and patriotic"
— Villa Somalia (@TheVillaSomalia) May 3, 2017
In another Tweet, the president vowed to bring those behind Abas Siraji' s killing to justice.
"I've ordered the security heads 2 immediately get to the bottom of this unfortunate tragedy & make sure the perpetrators r brought to book"
— Villa Somalia (@TheVillaSomalia) May 3, 2017
Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud also offered his condolences on the social network.
I'm deeply shoked & saddened over the killing of Minister Abas Siraji, I offer my condolences to the family and all Somali people pic.twitter.com/U6aKVZ8jI9
— H.E. Hassan Sheikh (@HEhassansheikh) May 3, 2017
Abas Siraji was the youngest minister to serve in Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire's new cabinet that was formed in March.
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