A prominent Somali journalist who was a critic of the al-Shabab armed group was killed by a suicide bomber as he was leaving a restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, relatives and officials said.
Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed Radio Mogadishu director Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, commonly known as Abdiaziz Afrika. The attack wounded several other people, including the director of Somali National Television and a driver.
Government official Ismael Mukhtar Omar, an ex-colleague of Abdiaziz, told AFP news agency that police had confirmed that the blast had been caused by a suicide bomber.
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the suicide bombing which killed director of state run broadcaster Radio #Mogadishu Abdiaiziz Guled and wounded SNTV Director Sharmarke Mohamed. #Somalia pic.twitter.com/oEahnbFyhC
— DalsanTV (@DalsanTv) November 20, 2021
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Source: Al Jazeera/DalsanTV – Twitter
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The security forces have seized explosive devices including suicide belts and IEDs in a planned security operations at Elasha-Biyaha outskirts of #Mogadishu on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/7lEw5oIVGq
— SNTV News (@sntvnews1) November 17, 2021