Somalia: SIMAD University’s Acting President gunned down in Mogadishu

Image

MOGADISHU, Somalia Dec 10, 2014 (Garowe Online)-The Acting President of SIMAD University and Lecturer has been shot and killed at KPP junction in Mogadishu’s Hodon district on Monday according to officials, Garowe Online reports.

Late Ibrahim Mohamud Hamud was gunned down while driving into SIMAD compound at 9:00 AM in the morning, witnesses and fellow lecturers unveiled.  

Speaking to the media at Madina hospital where Hamud’s body was brought, Banadir regional administration spokesman Ali Seeko said, the security forces are on manhunt for the assailants who fled from the scene of the crime.

“The chief aim is to annihilate key figures including academicians,” he added, pointing accusing fingers at cruel networks.

Nobody claimed credit for the shooting but as has been the case, Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group targets government officials and foreigners in broad day light attacks in volatile Mogadishu.

Federal Government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has served as the head of SIMAD University that more recently graduated 2, 0000 students.

GAROWE ONLINE

Related Articles

Somalia: Hormuud Salaam Foundation provides cash aid to vulnerable women in Mogadishu

The foundation confirmed that this year’s initiative will reach more than 67,000 vulnerable individuals across Somalia.

  • Somalia

    28-02-2026

  • 02:09PM

Somalia: Somali Future Council Calls ‘Salvation’ Summit as Election Deadlock Looms

The group argued that the lack of certainty surrounding regional elections threatens a peaceful political transition for the country.

  • Somalia

    27-02-2026

  • 10:39PM