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Sep
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Suicide bomber kills at least 7 in Somali tea shop; al Shabaab claims responsibility

Suicide bomber kills at least 7 in Somali tea shop; al Shabaab claims responsibility

NEWS
A suicide bomber set off an explosion at a shop selling tea in Somalia's capital, killing at least seven people, a witness and medical personnel. Police put the number of dead at five. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media unit Shahada News Agency, the SITE Intelligence Group reported on Friday. It put the number of dead at 11 and wounded at 18; its numbers on casualties in attacks often differ from government figures. The Friday afternoon blast occurred at a checkpoint on a road leading to the parliament and…
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Jan
31
2023
By The African Mirror
Suicide bomber breaches high security in Pakistan mosque, kills 59

Suicide bomber breaches high security in Pakistan mosque, kills 59

WORLD
JIBRAN AHMAD and ASIF SHAHZAD A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan, killing 59 people, including 27 police officials, the latest attack by resurgent Islamist militants targeting police. The attacker appeared to have passed through several barricades manned by security forces to get into the "Red Zone" compound that houses police and counter-terrorism offices in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. "It was a suicide bombing," Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan told Reuters. Many of the 170 wounded people were in critical condition, he said. The death…
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Jun
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Suicide bomber wounds French troops in central Mali

Suicide bomber wounds French troops in central Mali

NEWS
A suicide bomber in a car attacked a French reconnaissance mission in central Mali yesterday, wounding some of the soldiers and local residents, the French army said. The French military did not say how many were hurt, but the mayor of the town of Gossi, where the attack happened, said he had heard many people were wounded. "The detonation was so loud it blew out the windows of some houses," said the mayor, Moussa Ag Almouner. "We still hear shots, planes flying over the place." No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda…
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Jan
09
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon – UN

At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon – UN

NEWS
AT least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon yesterday, a U.N. security report said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, or for the attack on the town of Mozogo in the Far North Region, near the border with Nigeria. The assailants struck early in the morning, firing guns into the air, according to the note seen by Reuters. "Frightened, the population fled into the park. It was at this point that a woman carrying an explosive charge allegedly entered the fleeing…
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Nov
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Suicide bomber kills six in Mogadishu ice-cream parlour

Suicide bomber kills six in Mogadishu ice-cream parlour

NEWS
A suicide bomber blew himself up in an ice-cream parlour in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing six people and wounding eight, an official said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the blast, but the Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in the capital and elsewhere. The group is allied with al Qaeda and wants to rule Somalia according to its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law. The Gelato Divino parlour is located near K4 Junction in the heart of Mogadishu, near the international airport. "A suicide bomber blew up himself in the ice-cream restaurant,"…
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Sep
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Seven killed in suicide bomb attack in northern Cameroon village

Seven killed in suicide bomb attack in northern Cameroon village

NEWS
AT least seven people were killed and 14 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in a village hosting internally displaced people in Cameroon's Far North region, the second of such attack in a month, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. The attack on Tuesday took place in Goldavi, close to the border with Nigeria, where some 18,000 people fleeing the violent insurgency, had sought refuge. "We are horrified by these senseless attacks on people who have been torn from their villages, fleeing violence perpetrated by armed gangs which rage in the region, only to be stripped of…
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