Tag: Twin bombings

Mogadishu : At least eight people were killed in twin suicide car bomb blasts near Somalia's Presidential Palace in the capital on Saturday, the police said. A police officer told Xinhua news agency that the two coordinated blasts could have caused a higher number of deaths and injuries. "So far, we know that at least 8 people killed in the blasts but the death toll could rise," he said. Somali militant group Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the latest attack. Eyewitnesses said the explosions were so huge that they shook a wide radius. "There...