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Somali musician and MP Saado Ali Warsame shot dead Somali musician and MP Saado Ali Warsame shot dead
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Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame has been shot dead. Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame has been shot dead by Islamist militants.
She was killed in a drive-by shooting by gunmen in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. She was killed along with her bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
It is not clear who carried out the attack, but the Islamist al-Shabab group has targeted politicians and artists for assassination in the past. A spokesman for the Islamist al-Shabab group, Abdulaziz Abu Musab, told the BBC that she was targeted for her politics and not her music.
The al-Qaeda-linked militants often carry out bombings and shootings in the city. The BBC's Mohammed Moalimu in Mogadishu says she is the fourth MP to be killed this year.
Ms Warsame rose to fame during the time of former President Siad Barre, who was overthrown in 1991, with her songs which were critical of his rule.
She spent much of the civil war in the US and returned home in 2012 to represent her clan in the new Somali parliament.