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Moroni (AFP) June 14, 2010 Gunmen have shot dead Colonel Combo Ayouba, a senior figure in the Comoran army, at his home, police said Monday. "Neighbours heard gun shots in the evening (Sunday) at the colonel's home," a local police official who asked not to be named told AFP. They had found the officer's body riddled with bullets, in front of his house, the officer added. Ayouba was one of the army's most senior officers. Born in the Comoran island of Anjouan, he was one of the few former members of the presidential guard trained in the 1980s by French mercenary Bob Denard still playing a key role in the armed forces. The political turmoil gripping the archipelago came to a head in May when President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi appointed an interim government on the eve of the formal expiration of his mandate. The parliament voted for elections in November 2011. In early May, Comoros' constitutional court ruled that President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's term had ended on May 26, but also decreed that he should stay in power with limited prerogatives until fresh poll dates were fixed.
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