ICC Note:
Al-Shabaab conducted an attack Wednesday night killing 3 and injuring 7 in their continued battle for control of Somalia. This attack took place on a checkpoint just outside the capital of Mogadishu. According to witnesses, a truck filled with explosives moved up to the checkpoint, detonated, and took the lives of the three men. Al-Shabaab’s mission is to drive out the African Union peacekeepers, topple Somalia’s government and establish a caliphate with its strict version of Islam on the Horn of Africa.
07/13/2017 Somalia (AfricaNews) –
According to Somali ambulance service Aamin, the three dead victims were male and only one female among the injured.
Local media reports say a truck filled with explosives went off at the checkpoint on the highway linking Mogadishu and Afgoye.
This attack is the first this month after more than 10 people were killed and 20 others injured in a similar blast in Mogadishu in June.
Al Shabaab claimed responsibilty for the attack.
A week before that, al Shabaab militants carried out an overnight siege on a popular restaurant killing at least 30 people.
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