Roadside blast kills 3 in outskirts of Mogadishu

Fri, May 21, 2021
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Foreign

AT least three people were killed on Friday in a roadside blast in the Garasbaley neighborhood on the outskirts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police officials and witnesses said.

An officer, who declined to be named, told Xinhua that a bomb planted at the roadside went off as a convoy carrying the commissioner of Garasbaley was passing by.

“The commissioner and two of his bodyguards died in the blast,’’ said the officer.

Witnesses told Xinhua that they heard a heavy blast.

“As we were going out of a mosque, we heard a huge blast.

“People said that the government officials have died in the blast,’’ Daud Heyle, a witness said.

No group has claimed the responsibility for the latest attack. (Xinhua/NAN)

– May 21, 2021 @ 16:13 GMT

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