At least 9 people were killed in a car bomb attack in the capital of Somalia

(Observer Network News) According to the British "The Guardian" (The Guardian) reported that on July 10, local time, a suicide car bomb attack on the Mogadishu police chief took place in the capital of Somalia, killing at least 9 people. Died and 8 people were injured.

The report quoted Somali police spokesman Sadiiq Dudishe as saying that on the same day, a car equipped with an improvised explosive device rammed into the senior commander Farhan Mohamud of the Banadier District Police Department (Farhan Mohamud). )’S motorcade, the chief of police was not injured, but the attack caused casualties to police and civilians.

An eyewitness said that after the explosion caused a fire, the entire area was in chaos. Most of the bodies at the scene were civilians.

This is the second such large-scale explosion in Mogadi this month. On July 2, an assailant detonated a bomb in a tea shop in the Shibis district of Mogadishu, killing 10 people on the spot. On June 15, a suicide bombing at a military training base in the city killed at least 25 people.

The Somali Al-Shabaab, an extremist organization associated with Al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the incident. Since 2007, the "Shabaab" has been fighting to overthrow the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and has frequently launched attacks on security forces, government and civilian targets.

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