A manager of United Arab Emirates-based DP World Company was shot dead in Bosaso port, in Somalia’s northern region of Puntland, police said on Monday.
Paul Anthony Formosa was rushed to hospital where he died of his wounds following the shooting.
Xinhua reports that Police officer Ahmed Jama in Bisaso said that a gunman disguised as a local fisherman opened fire on Paul Anthony near his office at the port.
Reports indicate that two gunmen were involved in the assassination, one was killed, and the second was arrested by police.
Sources say the killer in police custody also sustained injures during the shooting
Al Shabaab said it had carried out the attack and accused Formosa of being in Somalia illegally.
“We are behind the operation … we had warned him but he turned deaf ear. He was illegally in Somalia,” said spokesman for Al Shabaab’s military operations, Abdiasis Abu Musab.
There was no immediate comment from officials in Puntland.
Formosa was the manager at Bossasso port for P&O Ports, a subsidiary of the Dubai-based DP World.
