Mohamud Abeulahi Weheliye says Khalif Jire Warfa was shot several times on the chest Sunday by unknown gunmen as he walked out of a mosque in Hamarwayne district. Weheliye says Khalif died immediately. Somalia is one of most dangerous places in the world to live in because of the conflict there which started with the 1991 ouster of a longtime ruler Siad Barre by warlords who then turned on each other.

An African Union peace-keeping force is helping to fight an insurgency by militants who want to topple Somalia's weak UN-backed government.