At least One journalist died, 4 people were injured In a suicide attack this Monday The incident, claimed by the terrorist organization Al Shabbab, took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in front of a restaurant where government members usually go because it is close to the presidential building.
“At 21:00 in the evening (local time), A suicide bomber blew himself up In front of the Blue Sky restaurant in the Bondheere district, near the Hawa Tako statue in Mogadishu,” the Somali Police identified the journalist as Somali Cable TV manager Abdifatá Qays.
Following this, the country’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Daud Aweis, expressed his condolences to the relatives and colleagues of the deceased. “I am saddened by the tragic loss of Abdifatá Moalim Nur (…) May her soul find eternal peace and may her extraordinary journalistic work be celebrated and remembered.”
The location of the attack is near the security checkpoint that checks vehicles entering the Somali Presidential headquarters near the National Theatre.
While the Somali Government has not made a statement about the explosion for now, the news portal reported that a soldier died in the attack and the reporter died in the hospital where he was taken. But there are fears that the official number of victims could rise.
Somalia has increased its attacks against Al Shabaab in recent months With the support of local tribes and militias, as part of a series of decisions taken by president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud, who promised to take office Putting the fight against terrorism at the center of its efforts To stabilize the African country.