Wednesday, October 29, 2008

5 suicide bombings in Somalia kills up to 28 people

Up to 28 killed in 5 suicide bombings in Somalia.

Somalia is arguably more dangerous than Afghanistan or Iraq. New York Times

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Suicide attacks rocked government security posts, United Nations offices and an Ethiopian consular unit in two regions of northern Somalia on Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of people, according to officials and witnesses.

Five suicide car bomb attackers struck within fifteen minutes in Hargeisa, the capital of breakaway Somaliland, and in Bosasso, in Puntland, said Faisal Hayle, a security official in Mogadishu for the transitional government of Somalia.

Several buildings were leveled by the attacks. According to Mr. Faisal, the bombers struck at around 10:30 a.m., attacking the government security offices in both Bosasso and Hargeisa, as well as an Ethiopian consulate office and a United Nations office in Hargeisa.

Reuters quoted witnesses as saying the death toll from the two attacks totalled 28, at least 20 of them at the Ethiopian office in Hargeisa.

1 comment:

#1 infidel said...

Mogadishu/Somalia , has been like the cesspool of the world for over twenty years ! why anybody still lives there that even gives a rats ass about their life ,is just beyond comprehension .