April 15, 2013

SOMALIA: A Wave Of Coordinated Suicide Bombings And Shootings By Islamist Militants In The Capital On Sunday; 30 INNOCENT CIVILIANS MURDERED, 20 Injured!

The Malaysian Star
written by Abdi Sheikh, Reuters
Monday April 15, 2013

MOGADISHU - The death toll from a wave of coordinated suicide bombings and shootings in the Somali capital on Sunday rose to at least 30, a medical source said.

"At least 30 people died and 20 others were injured. That is from our services and hospital sources," a coordinator for Mogadishu's ambulance service, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told Reuters on Monday.

The Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it carried out the attacks.

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