Two foreign UN workers shot dead in central Somalia

MOGADISHU, Apr 7 (AFP): Two foreign UN workers, one of them a Briton, were shot dead on Monday at an airport in Galkayo, central Somalia, officials and witnesses said.
A United Nations source confirmed the two men were international staff members with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
"Two white men have been shot inside the airport as they got off a plane," local security official Mohamed Mire said. An airport official said the attacker was dressed in a police uniform.
"One of them died inside the airport and the other one was rushed to hospital where he later died of the injuries. Both of them were white men," said witness Hassan Ahmed.
Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed that one of the two victims was a Briton.
"We are aware of the death of a British national in Somalia on 7 April. We stand ready to provide consular assistance to the family at this difficult time," a spokesman said.