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22-05-2025
Nairobi court finds 2 men guilty of aiding al-Shabab militants in 2019 hotel attack
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two Kenyan men charged with facilitating the 2019 attack on a luxury hotel complex that left 21 people dead were found guilty on Thursday and will be sentenced next month. Judge Diana Kavedza, while sitting a court in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, ruled that the prosecution had proved that Hussein Mohamed Abdille Ali and Mohamed Abdi Ali sent money and helped acquire fake identification documents for the militants who died during the DusitD2 hotel complex attack. Al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred six years after 67 people were killed at Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall and four years after 147 students died at Garissa University in the north of the country. Based in neighboring Somalia, Al-Shabab have vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia to fight it since 2011, and continue to stage attacks in Somalia and Kenya. Kenyan authorities said all five attackers died during the Dusit attack. The prosecution presented 45 witnesses during the trial. On Thursday, the judge ordered a probation report to be prepared within 21 days and set sentencing for June 19. A third suspect, Mire Abdulahi, who had been charged alongside the two men had earlier pleaded guilty and was sentenced. Foreign nationals, including an American and a Briton, were among those killed in the 2019 attack.
North Wales Chronicle
18-05-2025
- North Wales Chronicle
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber targets army recruits waiting at camp
Mogadishu has been repeatedly targeted by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which has waged an insurgency for over a decade. The group frequently attacks military and government sites as part of its effort to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law. 'There was a loud explosion, and immediately people began running in all directions. Bodies were everywhere,' said Abdulkadir Hassan Mohamed, a tuk-tuk driver who witnessed the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. A soldier identified only as Hussein, who was part of the camp's guard unit, told the Associated Press that many young recruits were waiting patiently in line. 'The explosion was devastating. I saw many casualties. The attacker disguised himself as a recruit before blowing himself up,' he said. He said the dead included five civilian passers-by. A similar attack in July 2023 at the Jaalle Siyaad military academy in Mogadishu killed 25 soldiers and wounded 70. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for that attack.
Western Telegraph
18-05-2025
- Western Telegraph
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber targets army recruits waiting at camp
Mogadishu has been repeatedly targeted by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which has waged an insurgency for over a decade. The group frequently attacks military and government sites as part of its effort to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law. 'There was a loud explosion, and immediately people began running in all directions. Bodies were everywhere,' said Abdulkadir Hassan Mohamed, a tuk-tuk driver who witnessed the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. A soldier identified only as Hussein, who was part of the camp's guard unit, told the Associated Press that many young recruits were waiting patiently in line. 'The explosion was devastating. I saw many casualties. The attacker disguised himself as a recruit before blowing himself up,' he said. He said the dead included five civilian passers-by. A similar attack in July 2023 at the Jaalle Siyaad military academy in Mogadishu killed 25 soldiers and wounded 70. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for that attack.
Rhyl Journal
18-05-2025
- Rhyl Journal
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber targets army recruits waiting at camp
Mogadishu has been repeatedly targeted by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which has waged an insurgency for over a decade. The group frequently attacks military and government sites as part of its effort to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law. 'There was a loud explosion, and immediately people began running in all directions. Bodies were everywhere,' said Abdulkadir Hassan Mohamed, a tuk-tuk driver who witnessed the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. A soldier identified only as Hussein, who was part of the camp's guard unit, told the Associated Press that many young recruits were waiting patiently in line. 'The explosion was devastating. I saw many casualties. The attacker disguised himself as a recruit before blowing himself up,' he said. He said the dead included five civilian passers-by. A similar attack in July 2023 at the Jaalle Siyaad military academy in Mogadishu killed 25 soldiers and wounded 70. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for that attack.
The Hindu
18-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Suicide bomb kills several at Somali Army camp
Several people were killed and others wounded when a suicide bomber thought to be from Al-Shabab targeted an Army recruitment centre in Mogadishu on Sunday (May 18, 2025), Somali authorities and witnesses said. The attacker, disguised as a civilian, detonated explosives outside the Xero Damaayo camp in southern Mogadishu at 9:20 a.m. (1150 IST), the Information Ministry said. "Casualties have been reported but details are still being verified," the Ministry said. "Security forces are on the scene and have launched an investigation." Islamist militant group Al-Shabab, which is linked to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the bombing. "The Mujahidin carried out an explosion targeting apostates who stayed in front of Xero Damaanyo in Mogadishu's Hodon district. They were enlisting to join the forces," the group said. Witnesses described scenes of chaos and casualties near the blast site. Adan Yare, a Tuktuk driver who was passing close to the area, said the road had been crowded with civilians when the explosion occurred, with people waiting queuing to enter the military camp. 'I was very lucky because when explosion occurred, I had already driven past the area.' "The explosion shook my Tuktuk and when I stopped and looked back, there was several people lying (on the ground), some of them dead and others wounded," he said. Another witness, Saalim Nur, said he saw the bodies of five civilians. 'I was in a minibus. We were about a few hundred metres (yards) away from the scene when the explosion occurred.' "The whole area has become rubble, with stones and sand flying," he said. Somalia has suffered a resurgence of attacks by Al-Shabab in recent months. The group, which is fighting to overthrow the government, has intensified its campaign in the impoverished and climate-vulnerable country. In March, Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for a bomb that narrowly missed the presidential convoy in Mogadishu, and in April, militants fired mortar shells near the capital's airport.
