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Suspected al-Shabaab militia kills chief in Wajir

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamist extremist militant group al-Shabaab on Saturday night killed a chief in the North-Eastern border town of Wajir.

Mohamed Barre Abdullahi, a chief of Erib location in Wajir South sub- County was shot dead by armed men who waylaid him on his way from a local Mosque where he went for evening Islamic prayers.

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