{"id":2880,"date":"2023-03-14T14:54:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:54:48","slug":"somalia-suicide-bombing-kills-5-injures-11-including-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/14\/somalia-suicide-bombing-kills-5-injures-11-including-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia: Suicide bombing kills 5, injures 11, including governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-2746355265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The attack was not immediately claimed, but eyes are on the Shebab, an al-Qaeda affiliated group that regularly carries out suicide bombings in the poor and volatile Horn of Africa country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a guesthouse in Bardera where government officials were staying,&#8221; said Hussein Adan, a police commander in the town in the Gedo region 450 kilometres west of the capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p>The officials included Gedo governor Ahmed Bulle Gared and several military commanders, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The explosion destroyed most of the building and five security personnel were killed,&#8221; Mr Adan said, adding that 11 other people were injured, including the governor, without giving further details on the severity of the injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have never heard anything as big as the explosion this morning, it shook the earth like an earthquake,&#8221; Mohamud Saney, a witness, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The Shebab rebels have been fighting the internationally-backed federal government since 2007. Driven out of the country&#8217;s main cities in 2011-2012, they remain firmly entrenched in large rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who returned to power in May 2022, has promised them &#8220;total war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But the Shebab continue to carry out bloody attacks in retaliation, demonstrating their ability to strike at the heart of Somali cities and military installations.<\/p>\n<p>On 29 October 2022, two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, killing 121 people and injuring 333, the deadliest attack in five years in this country also affected by a historic drought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday. 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