The militias of the ASZ-SZABAB terrorist organization conducted a bombing on the column of President Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The president did not suffer in the attack, but at least a few other people were killed on the spot.
The incident occurred on Tuesday in the capital SomaliaMogadishu. Fighters from the ASZ-SZABAB organization conducted a bombing on the column of the Somali president. “Our warriors set the convoy of vehicles carrying Hassan Sheikh Mohamud when they were leaving the Presidential Palace and headed to the airport,” said the terrorist organization in a statement on the telegram. The pictures from the scene show that the strength of the explosion destroyed several surrounding buildings, leading to their partial collapse.
Witnesses and soldiers confirmed that the presidential column suffered in an attack. Reuters journalist confirmed that he saw the bodies of four people who died in an attack near the Presidential Palace. It is not clear who these people are. However, Reuters and the Somali authorities report that President Mohamud himself did not suffer in the attack. This information was confirmed by, among others Presidential adviser to Zakariye Hussein in social media.
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What is asz Szabab
Ash Szabab is a Somali radical Islamist terrorist organization associated with Al-Qaeda. He fights in the Somali civil war to take over power, the introduction of the Sharia law and the establishment of Islamic caliphate. The grouping is inscribed on the list of terrorist groups by Australia, Canada, Norway, SwedenGreat Britain and United States.
Ash-SZABAB regularly conducts attacks in Somalia. Tuesday, however, was the first in 2014, in which the President's goal was directly chosen. Then the hotel was bombed, in which he gave a speech.
Somalia is one of the most unstable countries in East Africa. The authorities in Mogadisz, supported by the US and the African Union, try to rebuild the state and defeat Ash-Szabab, which still controls significant areas of the country. Also Türkiye He treats Somalia as an important element of his strategy for expanding influence in this region.
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/SAID YUSUF WARSAME