Somalia: Bank staff members shot dead in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Two men, said to be working for Salama Bank has been shot and killed by gunmen in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.

The victims, whose name have not been released yet, were gunned down by men armed with pistols at Darusalam area in the capital, a witness said.

He says the killers fled from the crime scene.

Somali police arrived at the area and launched an operation over the assassinations.

No group says it carried out the killing.

But, such assassinations are often carried out by Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab and Islamic State groups in Somalia.