Somali Football Family is in shock and sadness after a football coach was
killed and two players were wounded in what seems to be accidental gunfire
late on Monday afternoon while they were traveling on a busy road which
witnessed heavy security operations through the day.
Initial reports indicate that soldiers opened fire on the private car in
which the players were traveling after the driver was unable to stop the
car when ordered to do so and as a result they were mistakenly fired
causing heavy human casualties.
Bariga Dhexe Football Club assistant coach, Yusuf Ali Heydar, was killed
in the gunfire, while two of Elman FC’s footballers were seriously
wounded. The two players are Omar Moumin Omar and Abdullahi Mohamed Mayow
and they are currently under operation at the Racep Tayyin Erdogan
hospital in Mogadishu.
The footballers were returning from a short trip to the town of Afgoye
which is about 30 kilometers south of the capital when they accidently
came under fire near Elasha Biyaha district late in the afternoon.