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Somalia: 2 Blasts, Gunfire Heard near Presidential Palace in Mogadishu

Somalia: 2 Blasts, Gunfire Heard near Presidential Palace in Mogadishu
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Two large explosions followed by gunfire were heard on Saturday near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital.

The midday blasts came a week after a similar attack on the interior ministry compound in Mogadishu killed at least nine people.

In further details, a car bomb detonated near a checkpoint close to the presidential palace Saturday after security forces engaged with gunmen. A second car bomb blast occurred in the same area shortly afterward.

The Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group, an arm of al-Qaeda, often targets high-profile places in the capital and claimed responsibility for the attack a week ago.

The group was blamed for the October truck bombing in Mogadishu that killed more than 500 people in the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

The threat from what has become the deadliest extremist group in sub-Saharan Africa has hurt efforts to strengthen Somalia’s fragile government and stabilize the long-chaotic Horn of Africa nation.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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