This woman outside a hospital in Mogadishu heard that her son was among the victims
MOGADISHU, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people at an army training camp in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
Many of the injured have been taken to hospital.
The attacker was waiting among new recruits who were queuing up outside the camp, an officer said.
No group has said it was behind the attack, but security facilities are a common target for militant group al-Shabaab.
A military officer quoted by state media said that 10 people had died, but a witness at a Mogadishu hospital said that he had counted 15 bodies.
Army officer Mohamed Adan saw 15 dead at the camp.
Relatives of some of those thought to be caught up in the attack gathered outside the hospital where casualties were being treated.
“My son is dead. I have seen with my eyes. Many boys perished,” Amina Farah as saying.
“They were asked to come for recruitment and then bombed.”
Army recruit Ahmed Ali said that the camp was “overcrowded with new recruits and soldiers when the blast occurred”.
The militant group al-Shabaab has been operating for more than a decade, fighting for control of the country against the UN-backed government in Mogadishu.
An African Union force is supporting the Somali army. — NNN-AGENCIES
