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Al-Shabab claims deadly bombing near Somali military camp

Published: 18 Jan 2022 - 07:36 pm | Last Updated: 18 Jan 2022 - 07:42 pm
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Somalia:  At least four people were killed and 10 others wounded in Somalia's capital when a man in an explosive vest detonated at a teashop opposite a Somali military training camp on Tuesday, the Somali National News Agency reports.
The teashop in Mogadishu is frequented by new recruits from the Nacnaca training camp.

The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying via its Andalus radio station that it targeted a "Turkish training camp for Somali militias.”

Turkey has a much larger, heavily fortified military training camp for the Somali army not far away from the Nacnaca camp.
In October, a suicide bomber targeted the same area, killing at least 10 people.