FILE PHOTO: Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman is seen at an in Mogadishu, Somalia October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The mayor of Mogadishu had fled Somalia for Britain as a refugee and earned a master's degree, citizenship and years of experience as a councillor in London before deciding to return home to help rebuild his war-torn country.
On Wednesday, Abdirahman Omar Osman and nine of his staff were badly wounded when a suicide bomber blew up in his offices. Six of his colleagues were killed..
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