Suspected Al-Shabaab members shot and killed a soldier serving with the National Intelligence and Security agency(NISA) at Garasbaley area, outside Mogadishu on Monday night.
Hassan Mohamud Shine, a NISA soldier, was attacked and killed by pistol-wielding men near his base in the area. The killers escaped shortly before security forces arrived and cordoned off the scene.
NISA forces have launched an investigation and arrested two suspects linked to the murder of the soldier.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the killing of the government soldier, but the al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab has carried out similar targeted assassinations against security force members in the past.