- Title: Suicide car bombers kill at least 17 in Somalia
- Date: 9th November 2018
- Summary: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (NOVEMBER 9, 2018) (REUTERS) DEBRIS IN STREET, SMOKE RISING IN DISTANCE, AUDIO OF CAR HORN PEOPLE RUNNING IN DEBRIS FILLED STREET, AUDIO OF CAR HORN EMERGENCY WORKERS STANDING IN DEBRIS, AUDIO OF CAR HORN MAN BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHER, AUDIO OF CAR HORN VARIOUS OF FLAMES RISING FROM DEBRIS NEAR A WALL PEOPLE WALKING NEAR BURNT OUT VEHICLE VARIOUS OF BURNT OUT VEHICLE DEBRIS OF OVERTURNED CAR IN STREET, PEOPLE WALKING NEARBY
- Embargoed: 23rd November 2018 15:15
- Keywords: Somalia Criminal Investigations Department CID Mogadishu suicide attack explosions car bombs bombing aftermath Hotel Sahafi
- Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
- City: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
- Country: Somalia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
- Reuters ID: LVA00195SC4ZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Suicide attackers set off two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu on Friday (November 9), killing at least 17 people, police said.
Guards at Hotel Sahafi and CID officers opened fire after the blasts, police added. Then, about 20 minutes later, a third explosion hit the busy street, witnesses said.
A Reuters photographer at the scene saw 20 bodies of civilians and several burnt-out shells of mini-buses, motor-bikes and private saloon cars.
Mohammed Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters that the target of the attack was Hotel Sahafi, which is just opposite the CID office.
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but Islamists from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group have mounted regular attacks in the capital. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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