MOGADISHU, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Somali security forces are pursuing Al-Shabaab militants who killed a soldier and a civilian in the capital Mogadishu, a local official said Sunday.
Mogadishu municipal government spokesman Abdifatah Omar Halane told reporters that the militants killed the two on Saturday night in the Wadajir district.
The Al-Shabaab Islamist group has claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming its fighters killed two soldiers and recovered two AK47 riffle guns.
Al-Shabaab has carried out frequent attacks in Somalia in its decade-long fight against the Somali government.
The latest attack came as security has been tightened in Mogadishu for presidential election slated for the end of the year.
