At least five people were killed and nine were injured when an explosive device exploded in a vehicle in which Mogadishu police commander Farhan Mohamed Aden (also known as Farhan Qarole) was traveling, who was left unharmed. This is what was reported by the police spokesman, Sadiq Adan Doodisho, quoted by the local information site “Goobjoog”. “A terrorist attack targeted a car full of explosives carrying the commander of the Banadir regional police, Farhan Mohamud Qarole. The commander is safe and, despite the casualties caused by the explosion, the terrorists will not dissuade anyone from their own. duty, “said the spokesman. Qarole was appointed last April after the dismissal of his predecessor, Sadiq John, for taking part in the mutiny of the security forces opposed to the extension of the mandate of outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo”.
The attack has not yet been claimed but is attributed to the jihadist group al Shabaab which, although weakened by the offensive of the Somali National Army (Sna) and the troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), continues to control large areas of southern and central Somalia and has intensified the attacks in the Mogadishu area in recent months.
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