Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, was a long target of al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...snuffies but the group was pushed out following efforts by the Somali National Army [SNA] and African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] troops. The Æthiopian and Ugandan continents participated in the onslaught.
According to witnesses, mortar shells hit Kaxda, Wadijir, and Dharkeenley in Mogadishu on Sunday morning, resulting in unknown casualties. The al-Shabaab bad boys, who have activated attacks across the country, have taken responsibility but did not reveal who was targeted.
Some of the mortar shells shells hit Tarabush, a slum village in the Wadajir district. The police have not revealed the number of casualties from the mortar attack, but it is feared a number of civilians may have been critically injured or perished in the incident which would definitely trigger surveillance in the capital.
UPDATE: At least one person was killed and two others were wounded in a mortar attack in the capital Mogadishu. pic.twitter.com/qb2D6DPfGS
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