An attack with homemade rockets on the capital of Somalia on Tuesday resulted in at least three fatalities and two injuries, according to an official.
“The attack was by rockets. The attackers used an unconventional method to launch the rockets and they were fired from the outskirts of Mogadishu. One of the rockets landed on a civilian house, killing three family members, including the father,” said Somali police spokesman Major Sadiq Aden Ali Doodishe, who spoke by phone to Anadolu.
At least two further suffered injuries from the rocket attacl and were taken to a hospital for treatment. Doodishe claimed that although one suspect had been detained following a security force operation, the authorities had not yet determined the attack’s intended victim.
The missiles’ landing site is close to other security offices and the Somali General Kahiye Police Academy.
According to media affiliated with the terrorist group, al-Shabaab has previously employed mortar strikes to target the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu. Now, Al-Shabaab has taken responsibility for the terrible assault.
Al-Shabaab has intensified its attacks in the country, targeting African Union peacekeepers and Somali government troops since Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared an “all-out war” against the terror group last year.
Early in June, an al-Shabaab attack in the village of Bulo Marer, which is located around 110 kilometres (68 miles) south of Mogadishu, resulted in the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers who were part of the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia.
The army has liberated huge areas of land from the terrorists in the south and central regions of the nation since Mohamud’s declaration, including the important coastal town of Harardhere, which has been under their rule for more than ten years.
The terrorist organisation also carried out a devastating attack in June that was directed at a well-known hotel in Mogadishu. This was the terrorist organisation’s fourth significant attack in the nation in less than two weeks.
Since 2007, the group has been engaged in conflict with the Somalian government and the African Union mission there.
Al-Shabaab and the terrorist organisation Daesh/ISIS have been Somalia’s top security threats for years.