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Abukar Omar Adan being released, soon after his capture in Nairobi by Kenyan
security forces early in 2007
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By CYRUS OMBATI
NAIROBI, KENYA: Police are investigating an incident
which a son of a prominent Mogadishu businessman and ex-chief
"financier" of Islamic Courts Union (ICU) Abukar Omar Addaan was shot
dead in Nairobi Friday.
The victim Sacid Abukar Adaan was shot dead outside his
shop along Mombasa Road in Nairobi by gunmen who escaped with his mobile phone.
Witnesses said he was shot at close range at about 11am
as he talked on his mobile phone.Â
He was planning to get into his shop when the gunmen who
were on a motorbike struck and later sped off.
Police said they
are yet to know the attackers. His father was a warlord in Somalia. The family
of the victim which stays in South C is calling for investigations. He was
rushed to Mater Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The incident
happened as tens of police were deployed to Eastleigh in a major crackdown on
illegal immigrants.
The officers literally surrounded the densely populated
area searching both pedestrians and vehicles.
Police involved in the exercise said they wanted to
detain those without identification documents.
Nairobi police boss Benson Kibue asked those who do not
have documents and are illegally there to surrender. Police lorries carried
away dozens of people to Kasarani police station where they were being
interrogated.
The operation which started several days ago has seen
more than 2000 people detained and especially from Eastleigh.
The ICU disintegrated into several smaller factions among
them Al Shabaab after a defeat by the then Somali Transitional Federal
Government and Ethiopian military in 2006.
Source: standardmedia.co.ke
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