Gunmen battle police in Somali capital after bombing
Police surround Al-Shabaab fighter in a restaurantMOGADISHU: Gunmen battled security forces in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday morning, hours after insurgents launched a car bomb attack in a busy street that left at least five dead, police said. “Security forces are trying to storm the building.”Nine killed in Somali market car bombing: policeThe attack is the latest in a long line of bombing and assaults the Al-Qaeda linked group has carried out. “There were blasts and sporadic heavy gunfire inside the building, the whole area is cordoned off,” Sharif added. US airstrike kills 52 militants who attacked Somali baseWitnesses described how the car bomb blast had ripped through the street. “The whole area was in flames,” said Abdisamed Mohamed, a witness describing the aftermath of the car bomb.
Source: The Express Tribune March 01, 2019 08:01 UTC
