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Somalia’s parliament hit by Al-Shabab mortar attack©Eastafricanreport


Somalia’s parliament hit by Al-Shabab mortar attack

Somalia's parliament hit by Al-Shabab mortar attack
( FILE )Al-Qaeda linked al-shabab recruits walk down a street on March 5, 2012 in the Deniile district of Somalian capital, Mogadishu,   –  



Terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a mortar fire attack on Somalia’s parliament Monday that injured at least six people during a joint session.

Explosions were heard in the middle of a parliamentary session. Several people were injured, but no elected officials were hit by the shrapnel that landed in the fortified airport compound near parliament in the capital Mogadishu, officials and eyewitness reports.

“We don’t have details yet but these explosions were caused by mortar fire, the lawmakers were inside the building when the incident happened, they are safe,” a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“I was in the area when the mortar shells landed outside the building where the parliamentarians were gathered, several people were slightly injured in one of the explosions,” said a witness, Abdukadir Ali.

Parliamentarians were due to set dates for votes to appoint the presidents of the two legislative chambers, the next step in a long-delayed process to elect a new president to lead the country.

The upper house will vote on 26 April and the lower house the following day to appoint their respective leaders, officials said.

Somalia's parliament hit by Al-Shabab mortar attack
( FILE )Al-Qaeda linked al-shabab recruits walk down a street on March 5, 2012 in the Deniile district of Somalian capital, Mogadishu
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