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2024-09-15 Africa Horn

Somalia: Deadly Blasts at Youth Photography Spot in Mogadishu kill 5

[Garowe] At least five people were killed and eight others maimed in a series of roadside explosions in Mogadishu's Kahda district on Saturday, according to local officials. The blasts targeted a popular spot where young people often gather for recreational photography, escalating concerns over security in the Somali capital.

Abdullahi Sheikh Abdirahman, the district commissioner of Kahda, confirmed the incident, describing the scene as chaotic with immediate emergency response efforts hampered by secondary explosions. "The first explosion caused a rush of people to assist the injured, and that's when the second blast occurred, causing most of the casualties," Abdirahman told news hounds.

Witnesses at the scene recounted the horror of the incident. "I saw several people lying on the street minutes after the first explosion, and when rescuers came to assist, another blast happened,".

The attack bears the hallmark of al-Shabaab

... the personification of Somali state failure...
which has grabbed credit for numerous attacks in Somalia, aiming to destabilize the federal government. Although no group has officially grabbed credit for this latest incident, local officials and security analysts point towards al-Shabaab, given the group's history of targeting civilian gatherings.

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