A 70-year shop keeper was on Tuesday evening shot dead by a police officer in Hamar Jajab, Mogadishu.
The elderly man identified as Omar Hassan Moalim owned a stall near a road in Hamar Jajab and was shot dead after he denied to accept shillings 2000 tattered note ($0.08) from the officer.
"The officer went to grab a gun after his tattered note was not accepted he first fired in the air and then shot Omar in the head killing him instantly," said Mohamed a close friend.
According to police, they have managed to arrest the suspect and will be arraigned in court.
