Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame has been shot dead by Islamist militants.
She was killed along with her bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.A spokesman for the Islamist al-Shabab group, Abdulaziz Abu Musab, told the BBC that she was targeted for her politics and not her music.
The BBC's Mohammed Moalimu in Mogadishu says she is the fourth MP to be killed this year.
The al-Qaeda-aligned al-Shabab group advocates the strict Saudi-inspired Wahhabi version of Islam and is battling the UN-backed government to create an Islamic state.
Ms Warsame rose to fame during the time of former President Siad Barre, who was overthrown in 1991, with her songs which were critical of his rule.
She spent much of the civil war in the US and returned home in 2012 to represent her clan in the new Somali parliament.
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