Category: car bombs

Somalia’s President Says at Least 100 Killed in Car Bombings

MOGADISHU, Somalia—Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country’s deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago killed more than 500. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the site of…


2 Explosions Rock Somalia’s Capital, Killing at Least 30

MOGADISHU, Somalia—Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital near key government offices, causing “scores of civilian casualties” including children, national police said. One hospital worker counted at least 30 bodies amid fears of possibly many more. The attack in Mogadishu occurred on a day when the president, prime minister, and…


At Least 30 Killed in Al-Shabaab Attack in Somalia: Security Official

MOGADISHU—An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when al Shabaab terrorist group launched an attack in a town in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a military base in Galmudug’s Wisil town, located in central Somalia, triggering a fight with government troops and…