A Hargeisa family is in deep mourning after their seven-year-old son was electrocuted and killed in the floods that rocked Hargeisa on Wednesday following heavy rains.
The boy, who is from the Oromo ethnic group, was identified as Muscab Abdifatah Rashid.
He was electrocuted and killed while his 13-year-old sister, Umulkhayr Abdifatah Rashid, suffered serious injuries after their home was flooded in Hargeisa, according to a statement from local police.