6 killed in Somalia Shebab hotel suicide attack

AFP, MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Shebab insurgents said they carried out a suicide attack at a hotel in the central town of Galkayo Thursday in which six people died, including a senior local government official. “There was a blast, a suicide bomber blew himself up killing several people including a senior official,” said police officer Abdiweli Adan. Witnesses said there was large blast near a cafe where people had gathered to drink tea. “I heard a heavy explosion and I have seen parts of dead bodies, several bits of them were strewn across the area,” said local resident Ahmed Sadaq. Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebels—who are fighting to overthrow the country’s internationally-backed government—said they carried out the attack, in a statement broadcast on the insurgents’ Radio Andalus.

6 killed in Somalia Shebab hotel suicide attack

AFP, MOGADISHU: Somalias Shebab insurgents said they carried out a suicide attack at a hotel in the central town of Galkayo Thursday in which six people died, including a senior local government official. There was a blast, a suicide bomber blew himself up killing several people including a senior official, said police officer Abdiweli Adan. Witnesses said there was large blast near a cafe where people had gathered to drink tea. I heard a heavy explosion and I have seen parts of dead bodies, several bits of them were strewn across the area, said local resident Ahmed Sadaq. Somalias Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebelswho are fighting to overthrow the countrys internationally-backed governmentsaid they carried out the attack, in a statement broadcast on the insurgents Radio Andalus.