20 Apr 2015

6 dead In Bomb Attack On UN Bus In Somalia

Early this morning Monday April 20, 2015. A bomb riped through a bus carrying U.N. employees in northern Somalia. at least six people killed and many injured in the attack. 
Col. Ali Salad, a senior police officer in the semiautonomous Puntland region said:

"It's a dark day, but terrorists must know that the blood they shed will not go in vain. We shall deal with them with an iron hand," he said.
The U.N. representative to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned the attack in a Twitter post, saying he was "shocked and appalled by loss of life. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group's Andalus radio.
The bomb was apparently planted under a seat and was detonated by remote control, said police official Yusuf Ali.

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