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5 killed, 13 injured in twin blasts in Mogadishu
 [AA.TR] At least five people, including three soldiers were killed and 13 others maimed when twin kabooms targeted a busy restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, according to government officials.Abdifatah Omar Hallane, a front man for Banadir region in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency by phone: "It was rush hour when the bomb went kaboom!...The maimed were rushed to Daru-shifa and Madina hospitals." Mohamud Yousuf Hassan, a police captain, also confirmed the blasts. "The kabooms were twin landmine kabooms," Hassan said, adding that three suspects linked to the attack had been held. So far, no individual or group has grabbed credit for the attack; however, the Somali hard boy group, al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... , often claims responsibility for such attacks. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-08 |
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