{"id":7470,"date":"2021-02-08T23:06:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2021-02-12T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T08:00:40","slug":"bomb-blast-kills-at-least-12-in-central-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2021\/02\/08\/bomb-blast-kills-at-least-12-in-central-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb blast kills at least 12 in central Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MOGADISHU —<\/strong> A bomb blast in central Somalia killed at least a dozen people on Sunday, including a local intelligence chief, Anadolu Agency reported according to officials.<\/p>\n

The attack, which wounded\u00a0several others, targeted the vehicle of\u00a0Abdirashid Abdi Qooje\u00a0as it passed through\u00a0the village of Eldhere 30 kilometres west of Dhusamareb, the administrative capital of Galmudug State.<\/p>\n

Qooje was the head of\u00a0the\u00a0National Intelligence and Security Agency in\u00a0Dhusamareb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to Anadolu Agency, security officials in the region\u00a0confirmed\u00a0the attack and number of casualties\u00a0on\u00a0condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

“A military vehicle carrying Dhusamareb intelligence chief Abdirashid Abdi Qooje, was attacked while travelling between Eldhere and Guriel town, killing him and 11 of his bodyguards,”\u00a0one security official said.<\/p>\n

Several others,\u00a0including three\u00a0soldiers, were also wounded and\u00a0were transported to hospitals in Dhusamareb for treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Local media have placed\u00a0casualties at\u00a014 people.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab, an\u00a0Al Qaeda-linked terrorist\u00a0group based in the Horn of Africa country,\u00a0claimed responsibility for the\u00a0attack.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0was the third bombing\u00a0in Somalia over the last\u00a024 hours. One civilian was killed and three\u00a0others wounded\u00a0in a bomb blast Saturday evening\u00a0in the capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Sunday, three\u00a0soldiers guarding the\u00a0Mogadishu-Afgoye highway construction\u00a0site were wounded in another bomb blast outside Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

Source: BERNAMA\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Origin: View originals<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — A bomb blast in central Somalia killed at least a dozen people on Sunday, including a local intelligence chief, Anadolu Agency reported according to officials. The attack, which wounded\u00a0several others, targeted the vehicle of\u00a0Abdirashid Abdi Qooje\u00a0as it passed through\u00a0the village of Eldhere 30 kilometres west of Dhusamareb, the administrative capital of Galmudug State. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7470","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