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Somali district official survives a landmine explosion in the capital
[ShabelleMedia] A local government official has narrowly beat feet from an IED explosion in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Friday night, witnesses and police confirmed.The official whose name has not yet been revealed is safe after a blast from a remote-controlled landmine attached to the wall of his house went off during the evening hours. The targeted official is the administrator of a village in the Deynile district north of the capital, which is deemed as a hotbed of terror as al-Shabaab  ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...members often sneak into. No casualties were reported as of now. Police cordoned off the scene and conducted an investigation into the attack, which is believed to be the work of the al-Qaeda affiliate. Mogadishu has been relatively calm and has witnessed a brilliant transformation since Hassan Sheikh Mohamud assumed power last year following his historic re-election. No group has so far grabbed credit for the latest attack in the restive capital, but al-Shabaab terror group usually stages such attacks in the Horn of Africa nation. The Qaeda-allied group, which was driven out of Mogadishu by Somali army and African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... forces in 2011, still carries out attacks in the capital and in rural areas in central and southern Somalia. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-10-30 |
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