{"id":1214954,"date":"2022-01-13T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1214954"},"modified":"2022-01-13T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T23:06:13","slug":"islamist-suicide-bomber-kills-eight-in-somalia-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/islamist-suicide-bomber-kills-eight-in-somalia-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamist Suicide Bomber Kills Eight in Somalia Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fislamist-suicide-bomber-kills-eight-in-somalia-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1214954&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A suicide bomber from the Al-Shabaab Islamic terror group exploded a car bomb in Somalia\u2019s capital of Mogadishu Wednesday, killing at least eight and injuring nine more.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shabaab, a Somali group linked to al-Qaida, released a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/tea\/news\/rest-of-africa\/several-killed-in-jihadist-claimed-blast-in-somali-capital-3680036\">statement<\/a> on its Radio Andalus claiming responsibility for the attack, which occurred outside Mogadishu\u2019s international airport, asserting it was targeting \u201cwhite officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Witnesses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/large-explosion-outside-mogadishu-airport-deaths-reported\/\">said<\/a> the target of the attack appeared to be a passing U.N. convoy heading toward the heavily fortified airport, but the U.N. said it had no personnel in the convoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw some of the passengers injured and being carried after the blast,\u201d said one witness, Osman Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe blast was so huge that it has destroyed most of the buildings nearby the road and vehicles passing by the area,\u201d said Hassan Nur, another witness. \u201cI saw several dead and wounded people strewn in the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19471194\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237674166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19471194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237674166-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A general view of the scene of a car-bomb explosion in Mogadishu on January 12, 2022 where at least six people were killed and several others wounded in the huge blast that caused devastation in the area along the 21st October road. (AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The blast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/several-killed-in-jihadist-claimed-blast-in-somali-capital\/\">occurred<\/a> in period of political unrest and insecurity, just days after Somali leaders had agreed on a new timetable for long-delayed elections.<\/p>\n<p>President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, and his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble have been engaged in a harsh power struggle but leaders finally announced Sunday that parliamentary polls will be concluded by February 25, more than a year behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Somali government condemned the \u201ccowardly\u201d suicide attack in a statement on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch acts of terrorism will not derail the peace &amp; the ongoing development in the country. We must unite in the fight against terrorism,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government also reacted to the attack, offering logistical support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is prepared to draw on relevant tools, potentially including visa restrictions, to respond to further delays or actions that undermine the integrity of the process,\u201d said U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price following Wednesday\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suicide bomber from the Al-Shabaab Islamic terror group exploded a car bomb in Somalia\u2019s capital of Mogadishu Wednesday, killing at least eight and injuring nine more. 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