Gunman shoots dead Medecins Sans Frontieres aid worker in agency’s Mogadishu office after argument

December 30th, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Somali gunman ‘sacked’ from job the previous day
Another aid worker wounded in the incident
Gunman dragged from building clutching the pistol
Victims believed to be French

By
Lee Moran

Last updated at 4:57 PM on 29th December 2011

A Somali gunman who was sacked from aid agency Medecins San Frontieres today walked back into the group’s Mogadishu office and shot dead a foreign aid worker and wounded another.

Police said the killing in the Somali capital came following an argument and that the local gunman had now been taken into custody.

Witnesses reported seeing the attacker, who was reportedly sacked from his job yesterday, being dragged from the building still clutching his pistol.

The wounded aid worker was taken to hospital.

Scene: A Somali gunman who was sacked from aid agency Medecins San Frontieres today walked back into the group's Mogadishu office and shot dead a foreign aid worker and wounded another

Scene: A Somali gunman who was sacked from aid agency Medecins San Frontieres today walked back into the group’s Mogadishu office and shot dead a foreign aid worker and wounded another

Police spokesman Abdullahi Barise said: ‘The man was armed with a pistol and we understand he had a quarrel with the coordinator. It is very shocking.’

The gunman, he added, had worked as a logistics officer for the agency.

MSF spokesman Maimouna Jallow said: ‘We confirm that a serious shooting incident has taken place in the MSF compound in Mogadishu.

‘At this point we don’t have more information about the scale and the extent of the incident. MSF is doing everything it can to ensure the security of its staff.’

A Nairobi, Kenya-based security official said he believed three international workers had been shot. But a third victim has not yet been confirmed.

The nationalities of the aid workers have not been verified, but are believed to be French.

Killing: Police said the incident in the Somali capital came following an argument and that the local gunman had now been taken into custody

Mogadishu is one of the most dangerous locations for aid workers to conduct business.

Many groups do not allow international workers to stay in the capital for long and rely primarily on Somali employees.

International aid workers face potential attacks from militants and kidnappings for ransom.

Suspicion following a violent attack like today’s often falls on the militant group al-Shabab.

But it appeared the insurgents had no hand in the attack, and in fact were the first to report that an attack was under way at the Doctors Without Borders compound, putting out a series of tweets.

They said a ‘fierce battle is now raging’ inside the MSF building in Mogadishu.

‘A gunman has stormed the building opened fire on MSF staff inside,’ al-Shabab tweeted in a series of about eight postings on Twitter.

MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, operates in a number of locations in Somalia, providing emergency aid to people suffering from famine and the violence that has plagued the Horn of Africa nation for decades.

The attack happened in a bustling part of the capital which is under the control of government and African Union troops.

Perilous: Mogadishu is one of the most dangerous locations for aid workers to conduct business