Eight Dead In Al-Shabab Car Bomb Explosions Near Mogadishu Airport
MEP: At least eight people have been killed and several others wounded after two explosions rocked the airport in the capital Somali, Mogadishu.
The blasts were in fact twin suicide car bombs tearing through checkpoints near Mogadishu International Airport, according to Harun Maruf, a local journalist.
The al-Shabab terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The first blast happened near an entrance to the base, which is beside Mogadishu’s main airport, and the second at a nearby checkpoint manned by Somali government forces.
Local media said there were UN peacekeepers and three AU soldiers among the victims.
Other sources put the death toll to 12.
#BREAKING: Massive explosions & gunfire can be heard in #Mogadishu international airport #Somalia pic.twitter.com/RCrtjXtqHQ
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