Militants from the Somali extremist group Al-Shabab attacked
a government complex in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, killing a total of
seventeen people on Tuesday morning. Of the people who died were eight
civilians and two soldiers, and all of the Al-Shabab fighters died as well. A suicide
bomber drove a car that was loaded with explosives was driven into the wall surrounding
the government complex, which houses the education ministry and other
government buildings, and exploded and then the gunmen stormed the building. Al-Shabab
claimed that they are responsible for the attack as part of fighting against
their country’s government. They oppose the UN-backed administration and want
African Union forces to leave Somalia. There has been a bounty placed on the
top eleven leaders of Al-Shabab since last week after an attack they carried
out early last week.
Just last week the Al-Shabab carried out their deadliest
attack on Garissa University in Kenya where they killed over 140 people, which
I just covered in my blog last week. Al-Shabab is banned as a terrorist group
in the UK and the United States and should be treated and dealt with as such. Since
there has been a county placed on the group’s leaders, hopefully they will be
captured soon and justice will be served. The group has also struck fear in
Kenya of another Al-Shabab attack, which caused a stampede at another
university in Kenya a couple days ago after an electrical explosion because the
students thought it was the Al-Shabab attacking. I cannot imagine living in
such fear where I would run for my life after hearing an explosion.
Bethany Shaffer
4/14/2015
3:18 p.m.
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