Somalia Security Forces shot dead 31-year-old minister Somalia's security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant Islamist. <br/><br/>Officials have said he was killed in his vehicle near the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu. The President has cut short his visit to Ethiopia following Abdullahi Sheikh Abas' killing. He grew up in a refugee camp, and became Somalia's youngest MP in November and a minister in February.