More on this story from yesterday.
[Garowe] Somalia's Chief of Defense Forces General Odowaa Yusuf Rage says Saturday night's attack at a military training center in Mogadishu did not "achieve" the intended target, even with the fact that over 15 people are said to have died on spot according to multiple sources.While addressing the media, General Odowaa said the jacket wallah targeted the Dhaga-badan training center while disguising himself as a recruit in the same facility. al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...has attacked the base in September with a similar suicide kaboom that killed over 10 people.
According to the Chief of Defense Forces, the attacker failed to "achieve his goal" noting that investigations into the deaths have immediately kicked off. The general noted that the attacker ass thwarted before making an inroad into the center, adding that he only managed the exterior.
So far, 15 people have been killed by state media maintains only five were killed and scored injured. The attack comes exactly a week after the hard boyz attacked downtown Mogadishu, killing over 120 people while injuring hundreds of others according to official reports.
A security source told Garowe Online that the camp which was attacked was recruiting youths to be trained in Egypt, who have been lining up outside while the government is at war with al-Shabaab. Egypt is the latest country to start training Somalia's National Army with the aim of eliminating al-Shabaab.
The first batch of about 1200 recruits traveled to Egypt last month, per the sources with the training being authorized by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. There were concerns that Egypt is using Somalia as a strategic partner in the Horn of Africa given her feud with Æthiopia over the Grand Renaissance dam.
While Æthiopia insists on filling the dam along the Blue Nile, Egypt believes such uncoordinated activities will lead to desertification in the north. The two countries alongside Sudan have been squabbling over the dam for the last couple of years, with the US calling for immediate dialogue.
Military officers in Somalia say at least five people were killed and 11 others maimed when a jacket wallah detonated explosives at the front gate of a military training camp in Mogadishu on Saturday evening.
The al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...hard boy group grabbed credit for the attack at the camp that has been targeted multiple times in the past.
Gen. Odawa Yusuf, chief of Somalia’s defense forces, told state media the bomber had been pretending to be a recruit at the General Dhaga-Badan military training camp in Wadajir district.
A military officer, Abdirahman Ali, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that "there were some fatalities for both the civilians walking along the street and the recruits."
The camp is located near the large