Al-Shabaab Suicide Bomber Kills Army Commander In Mogadishu
September 19 2016
The Al-Shabaab militant group has claimed responsibility for the assassination of a senior Somali army general on Sunday, reports Bloomberg News.
Gen. Mohamed Roble Jimale Gobnale, the commander of the Third Brigade, died after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into the general’s convoy near the Defense Ministry in Mogadishu, said police, as cited by the BBC.
At least six bodyguards were also killed in the attack.
The general was seriously wounded and later died in the...
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