Five killed as suicide bomber blows himself at military academy in Somalia
Col. Abdi Hassan Said The Bomber Dressed In A Military Uniform Walked Into The Somali Military Training Camp On Monday Morning And Detonated Explosives Strapped To His Waist Near Soldiers And Officers.
PTI Mogadishu Updated on: 10 Apr 2017, 20:06 PM
A Somali military officer claimed that a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military academy west of Somalia's capital, killing nearly five soldiers.
Col. Abdi Hassan said the bomber dressed in a military uniform walked into the Somali military training camp on Monday morning and detonated explosives strapped to his waist near soldiers and officers.
He said the bomber, posing as a military trainee, had crossed the gate checkpoint and targeted soldiers and officers resting after their daily military exercises. Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, have claimed responsibility for the attack.
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First Published : 10 Apr 2017, 19:49 PM
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