Somalia government spokesperson wounded in explosion in capital

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A woman, right, points a medical worker to remains of the suicide bomber at the scene, after Somalia's government spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was wounded in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP)
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MOGADISHU: Somalia鈥檚 government spokesperson was wounded Sunday in a suicide bombing that the al-Shabab extremist group has claimed responsibility for.
Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu appeared to be the sole target in Sunday鈥檚 attack near his residence by a busy intersection in the capital, Mogadishu. A statement from the prime minister鈥檚 office called his wounds non-life-threatening.
It has been widely expected that such attacks would increase as tensions rise in Somalia over a national election that has been delayed for almost a year.
鈥淪uch attacks are purely politically motivated actions,鈥� said Mohamed Abdulaziz Omar, a local civil society activist, adding that it also occurred in past elections in the Horn of Africa nation.

Topics: Somalia