Explosion in Somali Market Kills 20 People

  • 12/15/2022
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Mogadishu, Somalia, May 01, 2010, SPA -- Two bombs exploded inside a mosque in Mogadishu's main market on Saturday, witnesses said, and an African Union spokesman said the attack killed at least 20 people. The blasts in the Bakara market went off while people were sitting inside the Abdala Shideye mosque waiting for noon prayers to begin. Maj. Barigye Bahoku, a spokesman for the African Union, which has soldiers stationed in Mogadishu, said the blast killed at least 20 people. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the first such bombing of a mosque in Somalia, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 15:14 LOCAL TIME 12:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/775598

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