Somalia: Car Bomb Outside Mogadishu Hotel, Kills At Least 11 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 28, 2019
Acar bomb exploded near a hotel and restaurants in Mogadishu on Thursday,killing at least 11 people in a busy area targeted in the past by Islamistmilitants.
Theafternoon explosion sent smoke billowing into the sky and destroyed tworestaurants and some cars parked in the area.
AlQaeda-linked al Shabaab militants have in the past targeted the same location –the Wehliye Hotel – which is along the busy Maka al Mukaram road.
OnSaturday, 15 people died in two explosions and a gunfight between al Shabaabmilitants and security personnel in Mogadishu.
AlShabaab, which is trying to topple Somalia’s western-backed central government,was ejected from Mogadishu in 2011 and has since been driven from most of itsother strongholds.