Hiiraan Online
Sunday, June 26, 2016
MOGADISHU (HOL) - The State Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office for Environment, Buri Mohamed Hamza, is confirmed to have been among the victims of the violent terrorist attack on Nasa Hablod hotel by AlShabaab yesterday.
Minister Buri Hamza was a Member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia since August 2012. He served as the State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from January to October 2014 and then the State Minister for Finance until December 2014.
Friends and colleagues of the late State Minister Buri Hamza from the Somali government have expressed shock, sadness and anger at his death.
Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion, Abdusalam H. Omar tweeted his condolences to the fallen lawmaker.
The minister earlier tweeted his condolences to the families of other victims who died in the attacks including staff from Goobjoog FM, who lost three employees.
“I worked for Minister Buri as an adviser during his time at the Foreign Ministry and he was a decent man with principles who loved this country,” said one government official who cannot disclose his name. “Buri was an academic, politician and a friend to those who knew him. May Allah SWT bless him and he rest in peace.” He added
Earlier this month Al-Qaeda linked Al Shabab carried out a deadly assault on the Ambassador hotel killing 24 people including two Somali legislators Mohamed Mohamud Gure and Abdullahi Jama
Al Shabab claimed the responsibility for these attacks, saying it targeted the hotels because it houses government officials.