Document #1082102

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Truck Bomb Kills 70 In Somalia Capital

October 04, 2011
Officials in Somalia say a truck bomb has exploded outside a compound housing government buildings in Mogadishu, killing some 70 people and wounding dozens of others.
 
Police said a truck exploded at a security checkpoint at the entrance to the Education Ministry.
 
A spokesman for the Islamist militant group Al-Shabab said the group carried out the attack.
 
Al-Shabab has links to Al-Qaeda and controls large parts of south and central Somalia.
 
compiled from agency reports

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ecoi.net description:
Mogadishu: Some 70 killed and dozens wounded after a truck bomb explodes outside a compound housing government buildings, according to officials; the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack
Country:
Somalia
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/truck_bomb_kills_70_somalia_capital/24348960.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
4 October 2011
Document ID:
1082102 (former ID 203017)

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