{"id":13120,"date":"2024-01-17T06:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=13120"},"modified":"2024-01-27T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T11:28:18","slug":"a-suicide-bomber-kills-three-people-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2024\/01\/17\/a-suicide-bomber-kills-three-people-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"A suicide bomber kills three people in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0 <\/strong>A suicide bomber killed at least three people and injured two others today after detonating an explosive near the mayoral offices in Somalia\u2019s capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.<\/p>\n

The attacker detonated the device in front of a restaurant, Somali police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe casualties include three dead and two wounded. The victims were in the vicinity of the blast,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

Witnesses at the scene said the bomber, who was also killed, was running away from police before the blast.<\/p>\n

A vehicle parked in the area caught fire after the blast, witness Mohamud Halane said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were shocked,\u201d he said, adding that there were some bodies on the ground.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n

Mogadishu is regularly hit by attacks by the Al-Shabaab rebel group, which has fought for more than a decade to topple the internationally-backed government.<\/p>\n

The Al-Qaeda-linked group controlled the capital until 2011 when it was pushed out by African Union troops, but still holds swathes of territory in rural Somalia.<\/p>\n

The beleaguered central government launched a major offensive against the Islamists in August 2022, joining forces with local clan militias.<\/p>\n

But the offensive has suffered setbacks despite early gains, with the rebels still holding ground and launching deadly attacks on civilian and military targets.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s attack comes barely a week after Somalia\u2019s military said it was searching for a number of people \u201ctaken hostage\u201d by Al-Shabaab after a UN helicopter made an emergency landing in hostile territory.<\/p>\n

An internal UN memo circulated to staff in Somalia last week said nine people were aboard the helicopter when it \u201ccrash landed\u201d and six were reportedly taken into captivity.<\/p>\n

One passenger was believed to have been killed and two had fled, the memo added.<\/p>\n

The helicopter belonged to a private Ukrainian company, according to officials in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

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

MOGADISHU —\u00a0 A suicide bomber killed at least three people and injured two others today after detonating an explosive near the mayoral offices in Somalia\u2019s capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. The attacker detonated the device in front of a restaurant, Somali police said in a statement. \u201cThe casualties include three dead and two wounded. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13120","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