One killed in suicide bombing in Somalia capital

Not less than six others wounded within the assault on a navy base close to the capital, Mogadishu.

The suicide bomber disguised himself as a soldier and joined others as they filed right into a navy base [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters]

One soldier was killed and at the very least six others have been wounded in Somalia when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a navy base close to the capital, Mogadishu.

The bomber disguised himself as a soldier and joined others as they filed right into a navy base early on Sunday earlier than he detonated the explosive, mentioned Captain Aden Omar, an officer on the base.

“We misplaced one soldier and a number of other others have been injured. The bomber blew up himself at a checkpoint,” he mentioned.

A nurse at Madina Hospital in Mogadishu mentioned it obtained one useless soldier and 6 others who have been wounded.

It was not instantly clear who was answerable for the assault however the armed group al-Shabab ceaselessly carries out bombings and gun assaults in Somalia and elsewhere.

The al-Qaeda-allied group desires to topple Somalia’s authorities and set up its personal rule. It has battled Somalia’s central authorities for greater than a decade. The group ceaselessly launches bombings, gun assaults and different assaults on navy and civilian targets.

Final month greater than 20 folks have been killed in an assault by which al-Shabab fighters stormed the Hayat Resort in Mogadishu, triggering a 30-hour battle as authorities troops sought to finish the siege and free hostages.

The armed group was pushed out of Mogadishu by African Union forces in 2011. Nonetheless, it nonetheless controls swaths of countryside.

The deadliest assault occurred in October 2017 when a truck filled with explosives blew up in Mogadishu, killing 512 folks.