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Fatal bomb attack in Mogadishu, file photo |
A hand grenade explosion at a mosque in Somalia's southern city of Kismayo has killed at least two and injured more than 11 others, eyewitnesses and officials said.The explosion took place in the al-Shabab controlled port city on Sunday night when worshippers were praying.Eyewitnesses said that the explosion was caused by a hand grenade hurled at the mosque, a Press TV correspondent reported.Al-Shabab officials said no one from their group has been injured in the attack.Twin blasts in a mosque in the Somali capital on Saturday killed at least 50 people and injured over 120 others.
Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991 and almost half of its population (3.8 million people) is in dire need of humanitarian food aid.War-torn Mogadishu has been the scene of deadly civil strife since the collapse of the country's central government.
MGH/NN
Somalia has been without an effective central government since 1991 and almost half of its population (3.8 million people) is in dire need of humanitarian food aid.War-torn Mogadishu has been the scene of deadly civil strife since the collapse of the country's central government.
MGH/NN
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