¡¡¡¡NAIROBI, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Three Somali delegates, among them a member of parliament in the Somali Transitional National Government (TNG), were found murdered early on Sunday, Kenyan police have confirmed.

¡¡¡¡The three, two of whose names have not been officially released by the police, were found with bullet wounds in their heads in Ollolua forest near Ngong Hill, about 20 kilometers from Nairobi.

¡¡¡¡A member of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) which is steering the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference in Nairobi said the body of Ibrahim Abdille, a TNG member of parliament, and those of two Somalis living in Kenya were dumped in the forest.

¡¡¡¡Abdille was a delegate to the IGAD sponsored peace talks on Somalia that are currently going on in Kenya.

¡¡¡¡"We have only identified the TNG member but we are yet to establish the names of the other two Kenyans of Somali origin," Mohammed Guled, an official at the IGAD liaison office told Xinhua.

¡¡¡¡The area police boss James Omiya said the men were killed elsewhere and the bodies dumped in the forest.

¡¡¡¡Police recovered IGAD identification cards in their pockets.

¡¡¡¡The delegates who were participating in the Somali peace talks have been staying at Mbagathi in Nairobi where the talks are being held.

¡¡¡¡Their bodies have been removed to the city mortuary.

¡¡¡¡More than 300 delegates representing the TNG, Somali armed factions and political groups are attending what is known as the third phase of the Somali peace talks.

¡¡¡¡The talks began last October when more than 20 faction leaders had agreed a cease-fire accord, but were later bogged down by a number of disputes.

¡¡¡¡More than a dozen attempts to broker peace in Somalia since then have failed. Enditem