Islamic militants killed another leader of the underground church movement in Somalia, sources said. Before he was fatally shot May 4 in Xarardheere, about 37 miles from Jowhar, 57-year-old Yusuf Ali Nur had been on a list of people the Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab suspected of being Christian, sources said.
Al-Shabaab, said to have links with al-Qaida, has vowed to rid Somalia of Christianity. Nur had lived in Xarardheere since leaving Jowhar in July 2009. Eyewitnesses said after al-Shabaab took control of the area, they went from house to house looking for enemy fighters. They arrived at Nur’s rented home at about 10:30 a.m. and sprayed him with bullets at close range. Nur is survived by his wife and three children, ages 11, 9 and 7. (CD)
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