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Rais wa Somalia amesema kuwa takriban watu 100 waliuawa katika mashambulio mawili ya mabomu yaliyofanywa kwenye barabara kuu ya Mogadishu na idadi ya vifo huenda ikaongezeka.
Katika taarifa yake, Rais Hassan Sheikh Mohamud akiwa katika eneo la milipuko amewaambia waandishi wa habari kwamba watu wengine zaidi ya 300 wamejeruhiwa.
Lilikuwa shambulio baya zaidi kuwahi kutokea nchini Somalia tangu shambulio la bomu la lori katika eneo moja Oktoba 2017 na kuua zaidi ya watu 500.
Serikali ya Somalia imelishutumu kundi la al-Shabab lenye ushirikiano na al-Qaida kuhusika na shambulio hilo. Kundi hilo mara nyingi hulenga mji mkuu ingawa bado halijakiri kufanya mashambulio hayo.
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Somalia’s president, elected this year, said the country remained at war with al-Shabab “and we are winning.” The government, along with militia groups, has been engaged in a new offensive against the extremists who hold large parts of the country and is applying pressure on the group’s financial network.
The extremists, who seek an Islamic state, have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade grassroots support for the offensive.
The attack in Mogadishu occurred on a day when the president, prime minister and other senior officials were meeting to discuss expanded efforts to combat violent extremism and especially al-Shabab.
At hospitals and elsewhere, frantic relatives peeked under plastic sheeting and into body bags, looking for loved ones.
“I couldn’t count the bodies on the ground due to the (number of) fatalities,” witness Abdirazak Hassan said. He said the first blast hit the perimeter wall of the education ministry, where street vendors and money changers were located.
An Associated Press journalist at the scene said the second blast occurred in front of a busy restaurant during lunchtime. The blasts demolished tuk-tuks and other vehicles in an area of many restaurants and hotels.
The Somali Journalists Syndicate, citing colleagues and police, said one journalist was killed and two others wounded by the second blast while rushing to the scene of the first. The Aamin ambulance service said the second blast destroyed one of its responding vehicles.
The United States has described al-Shabab as one of al-Qaida’s deadliest organizations and targeted it with scores of airstrikes in recent years. Hundreds of U.S. military personnel have returned to the country after former President Donald Trump withdrew them.
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Katika taarifa yake, Rais Hassan Sheikh Mohamud akiwa katika eneo la milipuko amewaambia waandishi wa habari kwamba watu wengine zaidi ya 300 wamejeruhiwa.
Lilikuwa shambulio baya zaidi kuwahi kutokea nchini Somalia tangu shambulio la bomu la lori katika eneo moja Oktoba 2017 na kuua zaidi ya watu 500.
Serikali ya Somalia imelishutumu kundi la al-Shabab lenye ushirikiano na al-Qaida kuhusika na shambulio hilo. Kundi hilo mara nyingi hulenga mji mkuu ingawa bado halijakiri kufanya mashambulio hayo.
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Somalia’s president, elected this year, said the country remained at war with al-Shabab “and we are winning.” The government, along with militia groups, has been engaged in a new offensive against the extremists who hold large parts of the country and is applying pressure on the group’s financial network.
The extremists, who seek an Islamic state, have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade grassroots support for the offensive.
The attack in Mogadishu occurred on a day when the president, prime minister and other senior officials were meeting to discuss expanded efforts to combat violent extremism and especially al-Shabab.
At hospitals and elsewhere, frantic relatives peeked under plastic sheeting and into body bags, looking for loved ones.
“I couldn’t count the bodies on the ground due to the (number of) fatalities,” witness Abdirazak Hassan said. He said the first blast hit the perimeter wall of the education ministry, where street vendors and money changers were located.
An Associated Press journalist at the scene said the second blast occurred in front of a busy restaurant during lunchtime. The blasts demolished tuk-tuks and other vehicles in an area of many restaurants and hotels.
The Somali Journalists Syndicate, citing colleagues and police, said one journalist was killed and two others wounded by the second blast while rushing to the scene of the first. The Aamin ambulance service said the second blast destroyed one of its responding vehicles.
The United States has described al-Shabab as one of al-Qaida’s deadliest organizations and targeted it with scores of airstrikes in recent years. Hundreds of U.S. military personnel have returned to the country after former President Donald Trump withdrew them.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
