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Mayor of Somalia's capital Mogadishu and Governor of Benadir Region Thabit Abdi Mohamed
Thabit Abdi Mohamed, 39, the youngest Mayor of Somalia's capital Mogadishu had barely been in office for seven months when a major test for his leadership abilities emerged suddenly in form of the worst terrorist attack in Somalia's history plunging the city of 3 million into crisis.
Saturday afternoon of October 14 turned into hell on earth in Mogadishu when two powerful truck bombs ripped through a busy city intersection popularly known as Zoobe leaving hundreds of people dead, injured and missing, while many buildings, businesses and vehicles were reduced to rubble.
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