( CNN ) -- Three aid workers have been shot over the last day in Somalia , two of them fatally , Somali media reports said . Somalis prepare Monday to bury murdered Osman Ali Ahmed , the head of the U.N. Development Program . The first fatality was a Somali , Mohamed Mohamud Qeyre . He was the deputy director of the group Daryeel Bulasho Guud ( DBG ) , funded by a German company and affiliated with the group Bread for the World . Qeyre was shot in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Friday night in what appeared to be a targeted attack , the reports said . He was shot by three gunmen outside the facility where aid distribution is coordinated . The gunmen may have been staking out the facility waiting for Qeyre to exit . The head of DBG , in Nairobi , Kenya , said he will suspend all aid operations in Somalia for the time being . The second fatality was a member of the Sodra nongovernmental organization , which is helping with humanitarian efforts in Somalia . Officials said it appears that Ali Baashi was also specifically targeted by gunmen . Earlier this week , the World Food Program said a truck driver carrying its relief supplies was killed -- the fourth WFP driver killed in Somalia this year . Ahmed Saalim was shot when fighting broke out between convoy escorts and militiamen at a checkpoint , the U.N. aid agency said . A growing percentage of the Somali population has become dependent on humanitarian aid . A severe famine swept the nation in 1991-1993 , devastating crops , killing up to 280,000 people and displacing up to 2 million , according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . The situation has been exacerbated by drought , continual armed conflicts in central and southern Somalia and high inflation on food and fuel . Journalist Mohamed Amin contributed to this report .
Three aid workers have been shot over the last day in Somalia , two of them fatally . One victim worked for aid agency , DBG , which has suspended operations . Four World Food Program drivers of relief supplies killed this year . Score: 6