Somalia
Somalia: At Least 9 Killed in Attack on Security Facility
A police official says an attack on a security facility in the Somali capital has left at least nine people dead, including four attackers. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said suspected militants from the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab carried out the attack Sunday on the Central Investigations Department in Mogadishu. He said the...
Somalia attack: Twin car bombs explode by Mogadishu airport
At least 13 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near an entrance to the airport in Mogadishu, Somali police say. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers. Local journalists said one of the bombs was detonated by a suicide attacker near a...
2,000 weapons found on fishing boat
An Australian naval ship has seized a large arms cache that may have come from Iran and headed to Yemen by way of Somalia. The Australian Navy said that one of its ships patrolling the region, the HMAS Darwin, intercepted a small, stateless fishing vessel about 170 nautical miles off the coast of Oman when it made the...
Deadly attack on hotel in Somalia
Militants have stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving at least nine people dead, in an attack claimed by al-Shabab. The attackers set off a car bomb outside the heavily fortified Somali Youth League hotel before moving in. An explosion also targeted a popular park known as the Peace Garden. Police say the...
Somalia plane bomber was meant to board Turkish flight: airline executive
A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, Daallo's chief executive said on Monday. The bomber was sucked out of the plane through the 1-metre-wide (1-yard-wide) hole...
Wheelchair Passenger Suspected As Suicide Bomber In Somalia Plane Explosion
A wheelchair passenger who boarded a commercial plane in Somalia’s capital may have been a suicide bomber responsible for Tuesday’s explosion that ripped a hole in the side of the aircraft as it took off. Investigators suspect the man was able to use the wheelchair to bypass rigorous security screening at...
Islamist gunmen kill 17 in Somalia beach restaurant attack
At least 17 people were killed when Islamist gunmen struck a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu late on Thursday, Somali police said. Al Shabaab, a militant group aligned with al Qaeda, said its members set off two car bombs at the Beach View Cafe on Mogadishu's popular Lido beach, engaging in a...