MOGADISHU, Jan 22 ― At least five people were injured in a blast on Sunday at the gates of the mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and gunfire continued to sound, a...
MOGADISHU, Jan 22 ― At least five people were injured in a blast on Sunday at the gates of the mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and gunfire continued to sound, a member of the ambulance service and a witness said.Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Aamin Ambulance Services, toldGunfire was still ongoing in the area and it was difficult for ambulances to access the area, he said.
The mayor’s office is located in the local government headquarters building in a well guarded area of Mogadishu. Roads in the area have concrete barriers and multiple roadblocks. The building is about one and a half kilometres away from Villa Somalia, the president’s office. “Our Mujahideen have stormed the well-guarded apostate local government headquarter of Mogadishu, we first started with suicide bombs and then foot fighters entered the building after killing the building guards,” Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, said in the statement
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