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| Gunmen have shot dead an Italian nun in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and medical workers have said. | Gunmen have shot dead an Italian nun in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and medical workers have said. |
| The attackers shot the nun three times in the back in a hospital in the south of the city, also killing her bodyguard before fleeing the scene. | The attackers shot the nun three times in the back in a hospital in the south of the city, also killing her bodyguard before fleeing the scene. |
| The nun, who has not been named, is believed to be in her seventies. | The nun, who has not been named, is believed to be in her seventies. |
| It is unclear whether the shooting is connected with strong criticism by radical Somali clerics about the Pope's recent comments on Islam. | It is unclear whether the shooting is connected with strong criticism by radical Somali clerics about the Pope's recent comments on Islam. |
| Hardline cleric Sheikh Abubakar Hassan Malin on Friday told worshippers at his mosque to hunt down and kill whoever offended the Prophet Mohammed. | |
| Yusuf Mohamed Siad, security chief for the Union of Islamic courts (UIC) which controls Mogadishu, said two people had been arrested over the shooting. | |
| There has been no effective central government in Somalia since 1991, and although the UIC is credited with bringing some stability to Mogadishu, correspondents say the city is far too dangerous for all but the bravest aid workers to operate in. |