{"id":11578,"date":"2023-01-05T20:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=11578"},"modified":"2023-01-07T07:30:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T07:30:13","slug":"suicide-attacks-in-somalia-death-toll-rises-to-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2023\/01\/05\/suicide-attacks-in-somalia-death-toll-rises-to-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide attacks in Somalia death toll rises to 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0<\/strong>The death toll in Wednesday\u2019s twin suicide attacks in central Somalia has climbed to 35, including both civilians and soldiers, with another 72 people wounded.<\/p>\n

Two suicide bombers of the al-Shabaab terrorist group targeted two residential buildings in Mahas, a town in Somalia\u2019s Hiran region, early on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The growing casualty count was confirmed on Thursday by Mumin Mohamed Halane, the town\u2019s mayor, whose house was targeted along with the residence of federal parliamentarian Mahamed Abuukar Jacfar.<\/p>\n

Halane told Anadolu Agency that his young son suffered serious injuries in the attack and was airlifted to the Somali-T\u00fcrkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital in the capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

Other victims include nine members of a single family, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have buried more than 30 people. Some of the bodies are beyond recognition,\u201d said Halane.<\/p>\n

He said the attackers are believed to have entered Mahas, which lies some 310 kilometers (190 miles) north of Mogadishu, from the bordering region of Galgadud.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Ali, a resident of Mahas, told Anadolu Agency that he lost family members and friends in the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday was the worst day of my life. The explosion was the deadliest I have ever seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab has claimed it killed more than 80 people, including senior military officials, and wounded another 130 in the bombings.<\/p>\n

This was the al-Qaeda affiliate\u2019s deadliest attack since the beginning of the year and came as Somali forces, backed by local militias, are carrying out a major offensive against the terror group in the region.<\/p>\n

Somalia has been plagued by insecurity for years, with al-Shabaab being one of the main threats.<\/p>\n

It has waged a deadly campaign against the Somali government and international forces since at least 2007, claiming thousands of lives.<\/p>\n

The UN has warned of growing instability in the country, with periodic reports last year detailing attacks by al-Shabaab and pro-Daesh\/ISIS terror groups.<\/p>\n

There were at least 1,518 civilian casualties \u2013 651 killed and 867 injured \u2013 in terror attacks in Somalia in 2018, followed by 1,459 \u2013 591 killed and 868 injured \u2013 in 2019, according to UN estimates.<\/p>\n

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

MOGADISHU —\u00a0The death toll in Wednesday\u2019s twin suicide attacks in central Somalia has climbed to 35, including both civilians and soldiers, with another 72 people wounded. Two suicide bombers of the al-Shabaab terrorist group targeted two residential buildings in Mahas, a town in Somalia\u2019s Hiran region, early on Wednesday. The growing casualty count was confirmed …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11579,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578\/revisions\/11579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}