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By Mohamed Dhaysane and Nour Gelle Gedi MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 23 people were killed and several others wounded on Friday in triple car bombings in the Somali capital, emergency officials said. Abdullahi Mohamed, a police officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that three explosions targeted Sahafi Hotel. They were followed by gunfire. […]

23rd Mar 2018

Somalia: Car suicide bomb blast in Mogadishu kills 14 people

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 14 people were killed and more than six wounded when a car bomb exploded on the busiest street in Somalia’s capital Thursday, according to a security official. Somalia’s Internal Security Ministry Spokesman Abdi Asis Hildhiban confirmed the casualties during a news conference at the blast site […]

2nd Mar 2018

Somalia: Suicide and mortar attacks outside & inside Mogadishu kill 6 civilians

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least three people were killed and three others were wounded when a suicide car bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint in Sinka Dher, outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said. Just after this attack, a mortar attack in Mogadishu, claimed by Islamist group al-Shabaab, killed […]

25th Feb 2018

Somalia: Death toll rises to 29 in twin bombings in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane and Hassan Istilla MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 29 people were killed and dozens wounded after double car bomb blasts rocked the Somalia capital on Friday evening, emergency officials said Saturday. The first bomb went off near the presidential palace followed by a gunfight between security forces and al-Shabaab attackers, according […]

14th Dec 2017

Somalia: Suicide attack at police academy kills 10

(AA): At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured on Thursday morning after a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew up himself outside a police academy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, local media reported. The suicide bomber infiltrated the police checkpoints and blew up himself during a police gathering, Somali National News […]

29th Oct 2017

Somalia: 23 dead in Mogadishu twin suicide car bomb attack

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 23 people, including a former lawmaker and a police official were killed and more than 30 others wounded in two suspected suicide car blasts at a hotel in capital Mogadishu on Saturday evening, according to police. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Police Officer Ali Mohamed […]

16th Oct 2017

Somalia: Death toll from Mogadishu truck bombing rises to 270

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA):The death toll from Saturday’s suicide bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu has climbed to well above 270, with just as many or more injured, a federal member of parliament said Sunday. MP Mahad Salad said in a statement posted on his official Facebook page that 230 had been […]

15th Oct 2017

Somalia: Suicide attack kills over 30, wounds dozens in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane and Hassan Istilla MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Over 30 people were killed, dozens wounded when a truck full of explosives exploded at the busiest intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon, police said. “The truck exploded at the KM5 injunction,” also known as Zobe, Ali Mohamed, a policeman at the […]

29th Sep 2017

Somalia: Car bomb blast in Mogadishu restaurant kills 7

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least seven people were killed and six others wounded when a car bomb blast hit a busy restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government official said Thursday. In another attack Al Shabaab killed 17 at a military target outside the capital. Abdifatah Omar Hallane, Mogadishu municipality’s spokesman, […]

31st Jul 2017

Somalia: al-Shabaab attack kills 11 soldiers

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 11 soldiers were killed and several others injured when al-Shabaab militants attacked a military convoy in a village southwest of capital Mogadishu, officials said Sunday. Earlier on SUnday, at last five civilians were killed and about 10 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali […]

13th Jul 2017

Somalia: Truck bomb blast kills 5 outside Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people were killed, all civilians, and more than eight wounded when a truck bomb attack targeted a security checkpoint on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The attack took place in Sinka-Dheer, a small village on the outskirts of […]

23rd Jun 2017

Somalia: 5 killed in suicide car bomb attack

by Hassan Istiila MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, according to the Somalia’s Security Ministry spokesman. Among those killed in the attack was Sheikh Mohamud Aw Libaax, Jubaland minister for youth, according to Jubaland regional state Deputy President Mohamed […]

15th Jun 2017

Somalia: 10 killed in suicide attack in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 10 people were killed when a suicide car bomb attacked a popular hotel here Wednesday, officials said. Mohamed Bulle, a police captain in Mogadishu said armed men from the Somali terrorist group, al-Shabaab, stormed the restaurant at the Posh hotel after the explosion. “Mogadishu special forces […]

9th May 2017

Somalia: Car bomb targeting coffee shop kills 10 in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least ten people were killed and more than six others wounded when a car bomb exploded near a busy coffee shop close to Somalia’s immigration headquarters in the capital Mogadishu on Monday evening. The incident took place around 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) local time. Abdifatah Omar Hallane, […]

10th Apr 2017

Somalia: 13 killed in suicide attack in Mogadishu

By Nour Gelle Gedi and Afra Aksoy MOGADISHU (AA): At least 13 people were killed and 10 others wounded in a suicide attack on the country’s new armed forces commander Sunday, according to officials. Ahmed Nur Ahmed, a security official in the Daynille neighborhood in the capital Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that the attack […]

22nd Mar 2017

Somalia: Seven killed in Mogadishu car bombing

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Seven people were killed in a suicide attack in the Somalian capital Mogadishu late Tuesday, an official said. Soldiers and civilians were caught in the car bomb blast at an army checkpoint near the presidential palace and the national theatre, Abdifatah Omar Hallane, spokesman for the Banaadir regional […]

14th Mar 2017

Somalia: Bomb attacks kill ‘at least 9’ in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least nine people were killed and a dozen others were injured in two separate bomb attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu Monday, police officials told Anadolu Agency. In the first attack, two people were killed and four others were injured when a suicide car bomb exploded a […]

20th Feb 2017

Somalia: 22 killed in truck bomb attack on Mogadishu market

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 22 people, including government soldiers were killed and over 20 others wounded when a truck bomb blast ripped through a busy market in Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday, officials said. The attack targeted Kawo-godey market in Wadajir district, according to Abdullahi Ahmed, the district’s commissioner. […]

8th Feb 2017

Somalia: Capital hit by mortar attacks ahead of presidential election

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Four loud explosions rocked Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday evening, an official said, on the eve of a presidential election. The blasts were caused by mortar attacks in three neighborhoods, Abdifatah Omar Hallane, a spokesman for the Banadir regional administration, told Anadolu Agency. “There were four mortar attacks […]

25th Jan 2017

Somalia: Several killed in Al Shabaab suicide bomb attack near hotel

Mogadishu, (The Muslim News & AA): Several people have been killed and many injured in suspected suicide car bomb attack near Dayah Hotel in Somalia capital, Mogadishu. Wednesday. Al-Shabaab terrorist group has claimed responsibilty for the attack. Apparently there were two explosions. Many journalists who came to report about the attack, were injured during the […]

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