MOGADISHU: Six Pakistanis were killed by unidentified gunmen on in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses said. Two other people were wounded in the attack at a mosque inGalkayo, residents said, adding that the foreigners came from Pakistan on Tuesday and were dressed as Islamist preachers. "Masked gunmen opened fire in the mosque, killing six Pakistanis and injured two others," resident Sheikh Abdiqadir Ali told foreign news agency. "Puntland forces have reached the mosque to carry away the dead bodies," the elder Mohamed Hussein told the agency by phone from Galkayo. "These foreigners, mostly Pakistanis, were 25 in number and arrived from Pakistan yesterday."August 12, 2009
Six Pakistani gunned down in Somalia
MOGADISHU: Six Pakistanis were killed by unidentified gunmen on in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses said. Two other people were wounded in the attack at a mosque inGalkayo, residents said, adding that the foreigners came from Pakistan on Tuesday and were dressed as Islamist preachers. "Masked gunmen opened fire in the mosque, killing six Pakistanis and injured two others," resident Sheikh Abdiqadir Ali told foreign news agency. "Puntland forces have reached the mosque to carry away the dead bodies," the elder Mohamed Hussein told the agency by phone from Galkayo. "These foreigners, mostly Pakistanis, were 25 in number and arrived from Pakistan yesterday."
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