What did Somalia learn from the Oct 14 bombing?

So far, the government has not learned a lesson from the attacks in the country and the security is still weak, due to the incompetence of the leaders who waste their time in office on internal political rows.

News Keydmedia Online
14 October 2021

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia commemorated the fourth anniversary of the October 14, 2017 bombing, the deadliest and most devastating single-day terrorist attack in the capital, Mogadishu.

More than 600 Somali people have lost their precious lives, after a truck loaded with a large number of explosives was set off at the Soobe, a busy intersection lined with hundreds of businesses and hotels.

The Somali government holds an annual mourning and remembrance event for those killed by the blast, which has left a disturbing impact on the city’s resilience people who had endured decades of conflict.

No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion, but the Somali government has pointed the finger of the blame at Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda-lined terror group fighting in the country for over ten years.

After Soobe bombing, there were several high-profile Al-Shabaab bombings in Mogadishu, including the December 28, 2019 bombing at the Ex-control Afgoye checkpoint, which killed more than 100 people.

So far, the government has not learned a lesson from the attacks in the country and the security is still weak, due to the incompetence of the leaders who waste their time in office on internal political rows.

The Security agencies are still fragile, and al-Shabaab members have infiltrated during Farmajo's four years in power, with some individuals in the government who cooperate and facilitate the terrorists to carry out car bombings in Mogadishu.

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