Suicide bombing in Somalia kills one soldier and injures six

A suicide bomber blew himself up in Somalia on Sunday at a navy base within the west of the capital Mogadishu, killing one soldier and injuring six others.

The suicide bomber had disguised himself as a daily soldier and joined others as they filed right into a navy base early Sunday (File photograph: Reuters)

One soldier was killed and no less than six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a navy base within the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital employee informed Reuters.

The suicide bomber had disguised himself as a daily soldier and joined others as they filed right into a navy base early Sunday earlier than he detonated the explosive, Captain Aden Omar, a soldier on the base informed Reuters.

“We lost one soldier and several others were injured. The bomber blew up himself at a check point,” he stated.

A nurse at Madina Hospital in Mogadishu informed Reuters that they had obtained one useless soldier and 6 others who have been wounded.

It was not instantly clear who had carried out the assault however Islamist group al Shabaab ceaselessly carries out bombings and gun assaults in Somalia and elsewhere.

The al Qaeda-allied group desires to topple Somalia’s central authorities and set up its personal rule based mostly by itself strict interpretation of Islamic sharia regulation.

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