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Somalia: Mortar shells rain down around Mogadishu airport
2025-02-28
[ShabelleMedia] Mortar shells struck near Aden Adde International Airport in the Somali capital on Thursday as security forces heightened measures ahead of a planned visit by Æthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, security sources said.

It was not immediately clear if the attack caused any casualties. Warning sirens blared across the airport, indicating a potential security threat, according to a Rooters witness.

Officials said that Abiy Ahmed’s visit to Mogadishu prompted tightened security, with several roads in the city sealed off in preparation for his arrival.

Further details on the incident were not immediately available.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Nice
Posted by: Frank G   2025-02-28 21:46  

#3  Italics omitted in honor of BHM. ["I meant to do that!"]
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-02-28 21:44  

#2  Somalian East African, even.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-02-28 21:41  

#1  An anomalous dropping off dimes.
Mogadishu: "Hi! Fortean Times?"
...
"Those falling munitions
Should pique no suspicions
In modern Somalian climes."

Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-02-28 21:39  

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