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Somali businessman shot dead in Durban, South Africa


Monday September 8, 2025

 

Mogadishu (HOL) — A young Somali businessman was killed Sunday night in Durban, South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, in what community leaders described as another targeted attack against Somali traders.

The victim, identified as Abdi Hussein Fiidoow, widely known as Abdi Jaqaf, was gunned down shortly after leaving evening prayers at a mosque in a predominantly Somali neighborhood of Durban, according to Somali traders in South Africa.

Witnesses said the assailants opened fire and fled the scene before police arrived. South African security forces launched an investigation, but community members expressed frustration, saying past inquiries into similar killings have produced little progress.

Somali traders in South Africa have long complained of being frequent targets of armed robberies, shootings, and xenophobic attacks.

The South African government has repeatedly pledged to address violence against foreign nationals, but Somali community leaders say the killings continue with impunity.

 



 





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