Suicide Bombing at Somalia Army Camp Kills at Least 7

Suicide Bombing at Somalia Army Camp Kills at Least 7
By HUSSEIN MOHAMEDAPRIL 10, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber wearing a Somali Army officer’s uniform blew himself up inside a military training camp
in Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least seven soldiers, including senior officers, and wounding 15 others, officials said.
At least 10 people were killed in the city on Sunday, when a suicide bomber tried to ram a vehicle into a convoy carrying
the new army commander, Gen. Ahmed Mohamed Jimale, outside the Defense Ministry, where he had taken the oath of office.
The Shabab have intensified their attacks against the government since Somalia’s new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo, declared war on the group
and replaced the leaders of the army, the police and international intelligence, as well as the mayor of Mogadishu, the country’s capital.
Abdikamil Moalim Shukri said that The bomber was disguised as a Somali Army officer and blew himself up,
Many analysts contend that President Mohamed had rushed to declare the campaign against the Shabab
before the newly installed army commanders agreed to coordinate plans and available resources.
In a separate episode earlier on Monday, an employee of the Somali Education Ministry was killed when
a bomb thought to have been attached to his car exploded in the Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu.