Suicide bombing in Somalia kills one soldier and injures six

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A "desperate terrorist" blew himself up on Sunday morning near a line of new recruits who were enrolling at the Nacnac military base. Al-Shabaab, an extremist Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda that has been waging an insurgency against the Somali state for 15 years, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group carried out a major attack on a Mogadishu hotel in August.

Published 2 months ago · Mogadishu, Somalia

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Reuters

Suicide bombing in Somalia kills one soldier and injures six

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Al-Shabaab suicide attack kills 7 in Somalia

Al-Shabaab, an extremist Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda, has been waging an insurgency against the Somali state for 15 years.

2 months ago·India

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Indian Express

Suicide bombing in Somalia kills one soldier and injures six

The suicide bomber had disguised himself as a regular soldier and joined others as they filed into a military base early Sunday before he detonated the explosive, Captain Aden Omar, a soldier at the base told Reuters.

2 months ago·India

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VOA News

Suicide Bombing in Somalia Kills One Soldier and Injures Six

At least one soldier was killed and six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital worker told Reuters. Somalia's al-Qaida-allied group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the bombing. The suicide bomber had disguised himself as a regular soldier and joined others as they filed into a military base early Sunday before he detonated th…

2 months ago·United States

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Arab News

Al-Shabab suicide attack kills 7 in Somalia

ID: 1664103380282648300Sun, 2022-09-25 10:43 MOGADISHU: A suicide attack claimed by the Somali extremist militant group Al-Shabab killed at least seven people and injured nine others in Mogadishu on Sunday, the army and eyewitnesses told AFP. A “desperate terrorist” blew himself up on Sunday morning near a line of new recruits who were enrolling at the Nacnac military base in the south of the Somali capital, local military commander Abdullahi …

2 months ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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