Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia – police
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Two car bombs detonated by al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia on Wednesday killed at least 35 people, including eight members of a single family, and wounded 40 more, a senior police officer said. The attack in the town of Mahas was the latest in a series by al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab since government […]
Somalia’s President warns death toll could rise after car bombs kill 100 in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia’s education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday, warning the death toll could rise. Saturday’s attack was the deadliest since a truck bomb exploded at the same intersection in October, […]
Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs
Updated: 3pm (AEST)Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country’s president said in a statement early on Sunday. Authorities said the Islamist group al-Shabaab carried out the attack, which they said had targeted the […]