{"id":81426,"date":"2022-01-13T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81426"},"modified":"2022-01-13T14:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:17:19","slug":"eight-killed-in-suicide-bombing-targeting-un-officials-in-the-somali-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/81426-eight-killed-in-suicide-bombing-targeting-un-officials-in-the-somali-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight killed in suicide bombing targeting UN officials in the Somali capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f4-\u06f4\u06f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f4-\u06f4\u06f1.jpg 657w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f0-\u06f5\u06f4-\u06f4\u06f1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>At least eight people were killed and others injured in a suicide bombing in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, targeting a convoy of officials from the United Nations office in Somalia, while the terrorist &#8220;Al-Shabab&#8221; movement claimed responsibility for the attack.<br>Somali Radio Dalsan stated that eight people were killed and several wounded when a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber targeted a United Nations convoy on October 21 Road, north of Adam Adde International Airport, near the residence of United Nations staff, and &#8220;Al-Shabab&#8221; movement claimed responsibility for the attack.<br>&#8220;Federal police forces cordoned off the area where the explosion occurred, closed the road and prevented the passage of public and private vehicles,&#8221; it added.<br>This suicide bombing targeting UN officials in Somalia is the second in two months. 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