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Somali militants threaten more attacks after killing 30

April 15, 2013 04:00
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after killing at least 30 people in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings that exposed the fragility of security gains in Mogadishu. African peacekeeping troops blocked streets and searched houses across the city at dawn to flush out suspected members of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which claimed responsibility for the strikes.

Suicide raid, car bomb kill 34 civilians in Mogadishu

April 14, 2013 17:00
A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu's main court complex Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while others sprayed gunfire in a rampage that left 29 civilians dead, while a separate bomb attack killed five more. The Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militant group claimed responsibility for the courthouse attack, from which Somalia's chief justice escaped unharmed. It was the worst day of violence the capital has seen in months.

Suicide raid, car bombs kill 34 civilians in Mogadishu

April 14, 2013 15:01
A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu's main court complex Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while others sprayed gunfire in a rampage that left 29 civilians dead, while a separate bomb attack killed five more. The Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militant group claimed responsibility for the courthouse attack, which the country's chief justice escaped unharmed on the worst day of violence the city has seen in months.

Suicide raid, car bombs leave 19 dead in Mogadishu

April 14, 2013 13:16
A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu's main court complex Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while others sprayed gunfire on civilians in a three-hour rampage. According to Somali officials, five civilians and all attackers were killed in the raid while an almost simultaneous car bomb attack on a Turkish aid convoy killed another five in the city's worst day of violence in months.

Shebab claim responsibility for Mogadishu attack

April 14, 2013 12:46
Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsibility for a suicide raid on Mogadishu's main court complex Sunday that left at least five civilians and several attackers, a spokesman for the group said. "This was a holy action which targeted non-believers who were in a meeting within the court complex. We will continue until Somalia is liberated from invaders," Shebab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamed Rage told AFP. amu-dw/jmm

19 dead in twin Mogadishu attacks: police, witnesses

April 14, 2013 12:02
A suicide raid on Mogadishu's court complex left 14 dead Sunday, including nine attackers, while an almost simultaneous car bomb blast killed five in one of the Somali capital's worst days of violence in months, police and witnesses said. In the first attack, gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed the main court complex in Mogadishu. Five civilians were killed, six attackers blew themselves up and three others were shot down. nur-dw/jmm

Five killed as gunmen storm Mogadishu court complex

April 14, 2013 10:15
Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed the main court complex in Mogadishu Sunday, killing at least five people before holing themselves up as Somali and African forces surrounded the building. Several people were wounded minutes later when a remote-detonated car bomb went off as a Turkish aid convoy drove by near the airport, in some of the worst violence to hit Mogadishu in months.

Gunmen, suicide bombers kill at least five in Somalia

April 14, 2013 09:01
At least five people have been confirmed dead and several more injured in an attack Sunday at a courthouse in Mogadishu, police said. Minutes later, a remote car bomb blast elsewhere in the Somali capital left several wounded, a witness said. "So far at least five people, among them civilians, were confirmed dead. The death toll could be higher since the situation is not under control yet," Ahmed Abdulkadir, a police officer at the courthouse, told AFP.

At least five dead, several injured in Mogadishu attack

April 14, 2013 08:00
At least five people have been confirmed dead and several more injured in Sunday's attack in a courthouse in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. "So far at least five people, among them civilians, were confirmed dead. The death toll could be higher since the situation is not under control yet," Ahmed Abdulkadir, a police officer at the scene, told AFP. nur-dw/gd

Gunmen, suicide bombers leave several dead in Somalia

April 14, 2013 07:46
Gunmen and suicide bombers suspected to be Shebab militants on Sunday attacked a courthouse in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving several people dead, an intelligence officer told AFP. "Shebab suicide bombers have attacked the court and regional headquarters area. At least one of them detonated himself leaving several dead," said Abdirahman Mohamed, the officer in Mogadishu. Mohamed said that he could not give the exact numbers of casualties as the attack was continuing and "there are still several of them fighting the security forces inside the building."
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