Unknown gunmen have killed a traditional elder in Mogadishu.
Reports from the national capital show that Warsame Ismail, a traditional leader, died on Monday, June 13.
Gunmen accosted and shot him in the morning.
The reasons for his killing remain unclear.
According to sources, Ismail had taken part in the election of Mahad Salad as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhusamareb in the House of the People (Lower House).
Salad has since been appointed the new Director-General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).