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Somalia: Car bomb kills at least 6 people in Mogadishu:
At least six people have died after a car bomb exploded close to the gate of the international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, police say. Eyewitnesses told the BBC it was targeting a UN refugee agency convoy. Ref. Source 1
At least five killed in attacks in Somali capital:
Five soldiers and police were killed in the Somali capital on Saturday and a dozen others were wounded in bomb and gun attacks by Islamist militants, police and witnesses said. Ref. Source 8
Somalia: Four killed in suicide attack on UN convoy in Somali capital:
Four killed in suicide attack on UN convoy in Somali capitalAt least four people were killed on Wednesday when a suicide bomber in the Somali capital Mogadishu rammed a car packed with explosives into a UN convoy, police said. Ref. Source 1
Somalia is clearly tearing itself apart. All of these atrocities, sadly, have become so commonplace that Western media ignores it completely. When they become so brazen as to attack the UN and its convoys, the world should be rallying to try to end the constant violence. Instead, it gets swept under the rug over and over again. My heart goes out to the innocents who are suffering out there.
Somalia: Al Shabaab Ambushes Army Convoy, 40 Killed:
Between 35-40 people confirmed killed in a deadly ambush on Somali army convoy in Lower Shabelle region by heavily armed Al shabaab militants, spokesman said. Ref. Source 7e