A mortar attack falls on the capital of Somalia, leaving at least 21 dead

by time news

2024-02-07 04:18:49

At least 21 people have dead and 39 were injured this Tuesday as a result of an attack on the largest market in the Somali capital, Mogadishualthough the authorities have not commented on the matter at the moment.

A series of mortar shells have reached the Bakara open market, as published by the Garowe Online news portal on its account on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.

The event has taken place in the midst of the rebound in security operations against Al Shabaablinked to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, with support from local clans and militias as part of a series of decisions taken by the president, Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, who promised upon taking office to put the fight against terrorism at the center of his efforts to stabilize the African country.

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