20-11-2024 12:20 AM Jerusalem Timing

Somalia Suicide Attack Kills Six

Somalia Suicide Attack Kills Six

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Somali prime Minister’s office, killing at least six people on Tuesday.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Somali prime Minister’s office, killing at least six people on Tuesday.Somalia suicide attack

"I saw the dead bodies of six people and several others were injured," said Abdukadir Ali, a Somali military official who stayed near the scene of the attack in central Mogadishu.
It is believed that many of those killed or wounded were soldiers or police.

"The bomber was sitting near a perimeter wall and detonated himself in the midst of a group of security forces," Ali added. "There was chaos, smoke and pieces of human flesh."

Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Said was in his office at the time when the attacker struck, officials in his office said, but he was not harmed by the blast.

"The area was closed down by the security forces... I saw several dead soldiers and others injured being rushed to hospital," said Mohamed Hussein, a witness.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab group have conducted a series of guerrilla style attacks in the capital.