{"id":10854,"date":"2022-09-01T22:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T22:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=10854"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:40:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:40:37","slug":"3-killed-in-mortar-attack-near-somali-presidential-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2022\/09\/01\/3-killed-in-mortar-attack-near-somali-presidential-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed in mortar attack near Somali presidential palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0<\/strong>At least three people were killed and more than 11 wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, according to police.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Ahmed, a security official in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that the early morning attack killed women and children after several explosions hit residential areas.<\/p>\n

Police officer Abdi Hassan said that several shells landed in the Bond here and Abdiasis neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

“We heard several explosions early morning on Thursday. When we investigated, we found out the explosions were mortar attacks,” he said while confirming the casualties were civilians.<\/p>\n

Rescue workers and police have reached the site and are transporting the injured to a hospital.<\/p>\n

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has not yet issued a statement but a police officer told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity that no shells landed at his residence.<\/p>\n

He said he believes the target was Godka Jilacow, a prison near the presidential palace that is run by the country’s intelligence agency.<\/p>\n

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab terror group has claimed responsibility for recent attacks in Somalia.<\/p>\n

Source: Anadolu Agency\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0At least three people were killed and more than 11 wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, according to police. Ibrahim Ahmed, a security official in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that the early morning attack killed women and children after several explosions hit residential areas. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t