Somalia football match to proceed despite fears of Al Shabab attack

Somalia's inter-state football final is set to go ahead on Monday, having been postponed out of fears militant group Al Shabab would carry out a suicide bombing at the 65,000-seat Mogadishu stadium, security sources told The National. “Al Shabab were planning to deploy suicide bombers disguised as fans to blow themselves up among the crowd. The Mogadishu stadium had been abandoned for years and served as a base for extremists during the country's civil war. Somali authorities spent years working to restore the national stadium, and football fans waited eagerly for the match. Down with Al Shabab, they have disrupted our party.