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India Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
10 killed in suicide bombing at army recruitment drive in Somalia
At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters, in an attack claimed by terror group were lining up at the base's gate when the attacker detonated his explosives, they said."I was on the other side of the road. A speeding tuk-tuk stopped, a man alighted, ran into the queue, and then blew himself up. I saw 10 people dead, including recruits and passers-by. The death toll may rise," he Dozens of abandoned shoes and the remains of the suicide bomber were visible at the witness, Abdisalan Mohamed, said he had seen "hundreds of teenagers at the gate as we passed by in a bus"."Abruptly, a deafening blast occurred, and the area was covered by dense smoke. We could not see the details of casualties," he staff at the military hospital told Reuters they had received 30 injured people from the blast and that six of them had forces quickly cordoned off the entire a statement on Sunday, Al-Shabaab said it was behind the attack and that it had killed as many as 30 soldiers and wounded 50 more. Government officials could not immediately be reached for Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab has waged an insurgency in Somalia since 2007, and has recently been battling the army to extend gains in central attack echoed a similar incident in 2023 when a suicide bomber killed 25 soldiers at the Jale Siyad base, located opposite the Damanyo attack followed the assassination on Saturday of Colonel Abdirahmaan Hujaale, commander of battalion 26, in the Hiiran region, after local reports of Al-Shabaab infiltration into government and security Watch
Express Tribune
18-05-2025
- Express Tribune
Suicide bombing at Mogadishu military base kills at least 10
Listen to article At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters, in an attack claimed by militant group al Shabaab. Teenagers were lining up at the base's gate when the attacker detonated their explosives, they said. "I was on the other side of the road. A speeding tuk-tuk stopped, a man alighted, ran into the queue, and then blew himself up. I saw 10 people dead, including recruits and passers-by. The death toll may rise," he said. Dozens of abandoned shoes and the remains of the suicide bomber were visible at the scene. Another witness, Abdisalan Mohamed, said he had seen "hundreds of teenagers at the gate as we passed by in a bus". "Abruptly, a deafening blast occurred, and the area was covered by dense smoke. We could not see the details of casualties," he said. Medical staff at the military hospital told Reuters they had received 30 injured people from the blast and that six of them had died immediately. Government forces quickly cordoned off the entire area. In a statement on Sunday Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it was behind the attack and that it had killed as many as 30 soldiers and wounded 50 more. Government officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab has waged an insurgency in Somalia since 2007, and has recently been battling the army to extend gains in central Somalia. The attack echoed a similar incident in 2023 when a suicide bomber killed 25 soldiers at the Jale Siyad base, located opposite the Damanyo facility. Sunday's attack followed the assassination on Saturday of Colonel Abdirahmaan Hujaale, commander of battalion 26, in the Hiiran region, after local reports of al Shabaab militant infiltration into government and security forces.
Egypt Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Today
Egypt condemns deadly terrorist attack at Somalia's Damanyo base
Somali people walk down the street in Mogadishu's Hamar Weyne market – FILE/AMISOM CAIRO – 18 May 2025: Egypt strongly condemned a terrorist bombing that took place in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday, killing and injuring dozens of people at the Somali army's Damanyo base. In a foreign ministry statement, Egypt reaffirmed its continued support for Somali national institutions and their security and military capabilities. Egypt stressed the necessity of empowering Somali state institutions to combat all forms of violence, terrorism, and extremism, and to establish control over the entire Somali territory. Egypt expressed its full solidarity with Somalia during this painful ordeal and extended its condolences to the Somali government and people, including the families of the victims, wishing a swift recovery to the injured. A suicide bomber ran into a queue of young recruits lining up at the military base, claiming the lives of at least 10 people, witnesses told Reuters. The attack comes a day after the assassination of battalion commander Colonel Abdirahmaan Hujaale in Somalia's Hiran region on Saturday. The government forces have been fighting Islamist militants of Al-Shabaab over the past two decades with the group conducting many attacks that especially targeted government officials and military personnel. Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud narrowly survived an assassination attempt by Al-Shabaab in March.
