Mogadishu’s deputy mayor car targeted in roadside bomb

Al-Shabaab intensified terrorist attacks in Mogadishu as the group faces defeats on the battlefields in the ongoing military operation in central regions, mainly Hiran, Galgadud, and Middle Shabelle.

News Keydmedia Online
3 November 2022

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least one child died and 11 others were injured after an IED explosion in Dayniile district of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, the latest in a series of terrorist attacks.

The remote-controlled landmine blast targeted the car of the deputy Mogadishu mayor Ali Yare. The official was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack which killed one of his bodyguards.

The wounded include family members who were caught in the explosion while driving their own car in the area, according to an eyewitness, who spoke to Keydmedia English by phone.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, however, the police in the city pointed the finger of the blame on the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group.

It's the second bombing in a week. Last Saturday, October 29, two car bomb explosions outside the ministry of education in Zoobe area killed at least 121 people and wounded 334 others.

Al-Shabaab intensified terrorist attacks in Mogadishu as the group faces defeats on the battlefields in the ongoing military operation in central regions, mainly Hiran, Galgadud, and Middle Shabelle.

KEYDMEDIA English