Abdirahman Omar Osman
Abdirahman Omar Osman Eng. Yarisow | |
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Minister of Information | |
In office July 2010 – December 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mogadishu, Somalia | 16 August 1965
Died | 1 August 2019 Doha, Qatar | (aged 53)
Manner of death | Assassination from injuries sustained in a suicide attack |
Political party | Independent |
Occupation | Politician |
Abdirahman Omar Osman (also known as Abdirahman Yariisow
Early life
Abdirahman Omar Osman was born on 16 August 1965 in the district of Hodan, Mogadishu. Osman obtained a
Mayor of Mogadishu
Osman was appointed Mayor of Mogadishu following the dismissal of the then Mayor, Thabit Abdi Mohammed, by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on 21 Septembre 2017.
Death and international reactions
On 24 July 2019, a female suicide bomber entered and blew herself up inside Osman's Mogadishu mayoral office, killing six government officials and injuring nine of Osman's staff.[5] James C. Swan, the recently appointed diplomat and special envoy to Somalia of the United States of America, was the target of the bomber, but Swan had met the mayor earlier, leaving before the blast occurred.[6] Osman was critically wounded in the attack, and he died from his injuries a week later on 1 August 2019, after having been transported to and hospitalised in Doha, Qatar.[7]
Osman was mourned by members of the international community, including Swan, who condemned the attack as 'heinous.' His life was also commemorated for his long years of civil service and objective to improve Somalia's unfavourable conditions. The East African Islamist terrorist organisation al-Shabaab (the Somalian-based jihadist splinter of al-Qaeda) declared its responsibility for the orchestrating of the attack, claiming that the suicide bomber was one of their militants.[8]
It is believed that
References
- ^ "Magacyada iyo sawirrada dadkii loo qabtay Qaraxii Zoobe oo la shaaciyay".
- ^ "Yarisow CV" (PDF). 19 March 2017 – via moi.gov.so.
- ^ Houreld, Abdi Sheikh (25 July 2019). "Mogadishu mayor, once a London councillor, wounded in a blast". Reuters.
- ^ "Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mogadishu mayor, dies after suicide bombing". BBC News. August 2019.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Suicide bomber kills six in attack on Mogadishu mayor's office". 24 July 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mogadishu mayor, dies after suicide bombing". 1 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Mayor of Mogadishu dies as result of al-Shabaab attack". the Guardian. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Somali intelligence top brass accused of killing female employee". KEYDMEDIA ONLINE. Retrieved 1 October 2021.