...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...'s morning attack at Bandhere in southern Somalia has hit five with a regional governor being among those who were maimed, Somalia's police commander said, noting that security teams have since taken over the scene after the raid.
At least 11 people were critically maimed and have since been taken for treatment in various hospitals across the country, according to Hussein Adan, the area police commander. The al-Shabaab holy warriors grabbed credit for the attack in the early morning.
Adan said the holy warriors targeted a guest house that was hosting government officials at the time of the attack in Bandhere which is about 450 kilometers West of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The holy warriors used a vehicle laden with explosives while targeting the building, he added.
"The explosion destroyed most parts of the building and five security guards died in the blast," Adan said. Eleven people, including the governor Ahmed Bulle Gared, were maimed, he added.
The al-Shabaab extortionists usually target innocent civilians, security forces, and even senior government officials in their cowardly attacks across Somalia. The attack comes at the time Somalia is coordinating operations against the holy warriors across the country with the sole aim of securing the nation.
Mohamud Saney, who witnessed Tuesday’s attack, told the AP that they had "never heard anything as big as the earth-shattering kaboom." "It shook the earth like an earthquake."
The Somali National Army is working closely with US Africa Command, the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS], and local militia in fighting the group. For the last seven months, at least 600 holy warriors have been killed with several towns also liberated from the bully boys.
Recently, a senior commander with the US military in Somalia said the federal government of Somalia has been making numerous requests for aerial support against the holy warriors but the Command has been declining as a strategy to avert possible civilian casualties in the process of launching dronezaps.
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...... the personification of Somali state failure...'s morning attack at Bandhere in southern Somalia has hit five with a regional governor being among those who were maimed, Somalia's police commander said, noting that security teams have since taken over the scene after the raid.
At least 11 people were critically maimed and have since been taken for treatment in various hospitals across the country, according to Hussein Adan, the area police commander. The al-Shabaab hard boyz grabbed credit for the attack in the early morning.
Adan said the hard boyz targeted a guest house that was hosting government officials at the time of the attack in Bandhere which is about 450 kilometers West of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The hard boyz used a vehicle laden with explosives while targeting the building, he added.
"The explosion destroyed most parts of the building and five security guards died in the blast," Adan said. Eleven people, including the governor Ahmed Bulle Gared, were maimed, he added.
The al-Shabaab extortionists usually target innocent civilians, security forces, and even senior government officials in their cowardly attacks across Somalia. The attack comes at the time Somalia is coordinating operations against the hard boyz across the country with the sole aim of securing the nation.
Mohamud Saney, who witnessed Tuesday’s attack, told the AP that they had "never heard anything as big as the earth-shattering kaboom." "It shook the earth like an earthquake."
The Somali National Army is working closely with US Africa Command, the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS], and local militia in fighting the group. For the last seven months, at least 600 hard boyz have been killed with several towns also liberated from the murderous Moslems.
Recently, a senior commander with the US military in Somalia said the federal government of Somalia has been making numerous requests for aerial support against the hard boyz but the Command has been declining as a strategy to avert possible civilian casualties in the process of launching dronezaps.
The corpse count in al-Shabaab's morning attack at Bandhere in southern Somalia has hit five with a regional governor being among those who were maimed, Somalia's police commander said, noting that security teams have since taken over the scene after the raid.
At least 11 people were critically maimed and have since been taken for treatment in various hospitals across the country, according to Hussein Adan, the area police commander. The al-Shabaab hard boyz grabbed credit for the attack in the early morning.
Adan said the hard boyz targeted a guest house that was hosting government officials at the time of the attack in Bandhere which is about 450 kilometers West of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The hard boyz used a vehicle laden with explosives while targeting the building, he added.
"The explosion destroyed most parts of the building and five security guards died in the blast," Adan said. Eleven people, including the governor Ahmed Bulle Gared, were maimed, he added.
The Somali National Army is working closely with US Africa Command, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS], and local militia in fighting the group. For the last seven months, at least 600 hard boyz have been killed with several towns also liberated from the murderous Moslems.
Recently, a senior commander with the US military in Somalia said the federal government of Somalia has been making numerous requests for aerial support against the hard boyz but the Command has been declining as a strategy to avert possible civilian casualties in the process of launching dronezaps.