MOGADISHU: Six foreigners, said to be from Pakistan, were killed by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses said.
Two other people were injured in the attack at a mosque in Galkayo, residents said, adding that the foreigners came from Pakistan on Tuesday dressed as Islamist preachers.
“Masked gunmen opened fire in the mosque, killing six foreigners and injured two others,” resident Sheikh Abdiqadir Ali told foreign news agency.