(Adnkronos) – Attack in Mogadishu. In the Somali capital, the Jaalle Siyaad military academy, one of the main recruit training centers in Somalia, was targeted by a suicide bomber. The attack was claimed by Al-Shabaab.
According to a Somali policeman quoted by the Xinhua agency, the bomber was wearing an explosive vest and blew himself up to hit the Jaalle Siyaad military academy, not far from the Ministry of Defense offices, which were already the scene of an attack two years ago. “There are victims,” he said, without being able to confirm a precise toll.
“An explosion caused by an al-Shabaab suicide bomber occurred this morning around 11.20 am in front of the Jaalle Siyaad military academy,” the Ministry of Defense reported, as read on the Garowe Online website, but without providing details on what happened and without mentioning victims. The Garowe Online website speaks of several victims.
