Nour travelled to Kismayo after mediation talks by the Mogadishu government, which took place in September with the aim of bringing the conflict in the city to an end, the source said 
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
"Unknown assailants attacked a hotel in downtown Kismayo, which led to the death of Yassin Nour, an opponent of the Jubaland administration," a security source told The Anadolu Agency.
Two others were wounded in the attack, the source said.
"Nour had travelled to Kismayo following mediation talks brokered by the Mogadishu government, which were held in September with the aim of ending conflict in the city," the source added.
Mahmoud Mohamed, deputy head of Jubaland's administration forces, told local media that "security authorities arrived at the site [of the shooting] and cordoned off the area."
Mohamed went on to accuse the Al-Shabaab militant group of orchestrating the recent attacks in Kismayo.
Al-Shabaab, for its part, has yet to comment on the incident.
Kismayo has been the site of several recent bombings and assassinations targeting Jubaland administration officials.
In 2013, the Somali government signed an agreement recognizing the Jubaland administration – which controls the city of Kismayo – as a provincial administration answering to Mogadishu until the city establishes its own administration after two years' time.