ICC Note:
Al-Shabaab rang in 2017 with a series of terror attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia. Three suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping force and the international airport. At least three security guards were killed in the attack on the AU peacekeeping forces’ headquarters and sixteen near the airport.
1/2/2017 Somalia (International Business Times) – At least 16 people were killed after a car bomb detonated near the international airport in the capital city of Somalia on Monday, according to multiple reports. The death toll rose rapidly after initial estimates put the number of fatalities at three.
The powerful explosion in Mogadishu blew off roofs and doors of structures, leaving officials to predict additional deaths would be reported, according to the Independent.
Three separate suicide bombers were employed in the apparent act of terror, but it was not immediately clear who or what the target was. Aside from one car bomb going off near the airport, another exploded outside of the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping force AMISOM, where at least three security officers were killed, Reuters reported.
Al Qaeda offshoot group al-Shabab has been launching a series of terror attacks across Somalia and in neighboring Kenya. The militant group later claimed responsibility for carrying out Monday’s deadly attacks, according to a tweet from a local news outlet.
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