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By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Somalia security forces ended a siege by members of the al-Shabaab terrorist organization Sunday at the Banadir Regional Administration headquarters in the capital Mogadishu. The attack by al-Shabaab, which left five people dead, began with a suicide bombing before the terrorists stormed the headquarters and exchanged fire with security […]

28th Nov 2022

Somalia: Casualties feared in attack on hotel used by Somali officials

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Casualties have been feared in a bomb explosion and heavy gunfire targeting a busy and popular hotel near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The Villa Rose Hotel, located near Somalia’s heavily fortified presidential palace, is used by Somali officials. Casualties are yet unknown but local media reported […]

6th Nov 2022

Somalia: 5 people killed by suicide bombing in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (Agencies): 5 people were killed and 11 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near an army training facility in the Somali capital Mogadishu, said a security official. Deaths and injuries were announced by SONNA news agency. “5 dead, 11 others hurt in tonight’s terrorist suicide attack at […]

30th Oct 2022

Somalia: 100 killed in Mogadishu car bombs

London (Agencies): At least 100 people were killed in explosions in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, according to news agencies. The al-Qaida linked group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack on their radio station Andalus. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said more than 300 were injured in the terrorist attacks after he visited the site of […]

13th Jan 2022

Somalia: 10 killed in suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 10 people, including five security officers, were killed Wednesday when a suicide car blast targeted a security convoy in Somalia’s capital, according to officials. The attack in Mogadishu has been claimed by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked terror group that often carries out deadly attacks in the Horn […]

27th Dec 2021

Somalia: Senior security official among 4 killed in Mogadishu blast

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least four soldiers, including a district security chief, were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Saturday night. A vehicle carrying security personnel was targeted with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device in Mogadishu’s Daynile district, a police officer told […]

25th Nov 2021

Somalia: Bomb blast by Al-Shabaab kills 8 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least eight people were killed over 17 others wounded in a car bombing that rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday morning, officials said. A police officer who spoke to Anadolu Agency said the attack targeted a convoy of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM). “The […]

15th Sep 2021

Somalia: Suicide attack by al-Shabaab kills 11 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 11 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a tea shop in Mogadishu’s Wadajir neighborhood on Tuesday evening, said the police. Dadir Hassan, a police officer in the capital Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency over […]

6th Mar 2021

Somalia: Suicide car bombing kills 20 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 20 people were killed and 30 others wounded when a suicide car bomb blast targeted a busy restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday, medical sources said. The attack occurred during evening rush hour near seaport in Hamarjajab neighborhood. Police spokesman Sadaq Adan Ali told Anadolu […]

28th Feb 2021

Somalia: Roadside bomb kills 3 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people, including two soldiers, were killed in Somalia’s capital Sunday morning in a bomb blast targeting a military vehicle carrying senior staff. Wounding several others, the attack took place on Abdikasim road in Mogadishu city, rocking the busy KM4 intersection. Local police official Abdifatah […]

1st Feb 2021

Somalia: 10 people killed in Al-Shabaab attack on hotel

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali security forces ended an eight-hour-long siege on a hotel early on Monday following an attack by al-Shabaab terrorists in the capital Mogadishu. At least ten people were killed amid the fighting centered on Afrik Hotel, strategically located near the heavily fortified Mogadishu airport and often frequented by […]

28th Nov 2020

Somalia: Suicide attack at restaurant kills 7 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane GAROWE, Somalia (AA): At least seven people in Somalia were killed and several others wounded as a suicide attack targeted a busy restaurant in the country’s capital on Friday evening, a police official said. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab terrorist group has claimed responsibility, according to AP. The attack took place near Mogadishu airport at […]

17th Aug 2020

Somalia: Siege in Al-Shabaab hotel attack ended, 16 killed

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Somali special forces ended a four-hour-long siege by al-Shabaab terrorists of a popular hotel in the capital late Sunday, a government spokesman told Anadolu Agency. At least 16 people, including officials and civilians, are among the dead. Ismail Mukhtar said all of the terrorists who stormed the Elite Hotel in Mogadishu after […]

19th Jan 2020

Somalia: Suicide bombing kills 3, wounds over 20

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): In the Somali capital Mogadishu, at least three people were killed and 20 injured, including several Turkish nationals, when a suicide car bomb targeted a police convoy escorting Turkish contractors on Saturday, said officials. Speaking to Anadolu Agency over the phone, Somali government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Oronjo confirmed […]

29th Dec 2019

Somalia: Suicide attack kills almost 80 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Almost 80 people, including two Turkish nationals, were killed and over 100 wounded, including children and many university students, in a suicide truck bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, said Turkey’s envoy to the country. The attack took place at the […]

25th Jul 2019

Somalia: Suicide attack by Al-Shabaab kills 6 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): A female suicide bomber detonated herself in the office of the Mogadishu’s mayor, killing six officials and badly wounding Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, local media reported on Wednesday. “Sabah Abdullahi Mohamed, the commissioner of Abdulaziz district and her Waberi district counterpart are confirmed to be among the dead,” […]

16th Jun 2019

Double car bomb blasts kills 9 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least nine people were killed and more than 25 wounded when a double car bomb blast rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali police commissioner, told reporters after the attacks that the first car bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint near […]

1st Apr 2019

Somalia: Car bomb blast by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, 16 dead

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 16 people were killed, 17 others wounded in a car bomb blast in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, officials said. Mohamed Bulle, a police officer, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that the attack targeted a busy restaurant on the Maka al-Mukarama road in Mogadishu. […]

1st Mar 2019

Somalia: 5 killed, 25 wounded in suicide blast in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people were killed and more than 25 wounded when a suicide car bomb targeted a hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday, officials said. ”A suicide car bomb blast targeted the Maka al-Mukarama hotel,” police captain Abdukadir Ali told Anadolu Agency. “It’s very earlier to say […]

27th Nov 2018

Somalia: Two separate terror attacks kill 26 people

By Gamze Turkoglu Oguz (AA): Two terror attacks on Monday killed a prominent Muslim cleric and his 17 followers in northern Somalia and at least eight people were killed and wounded 15 others in Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. Ahmet Awale, of Galkayo police, said that two suicide bombers exploded in front of residence of the […]

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