Skip to main content
Two children among dead after jihadist bomb attack in Somalia
A young boy runs past the wreckage of a vehicle destroyed in an attack on police and checkpoints on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, February 16, 2022

AT LEAST five people were killed in jihadist attacks in the Somalian capital Mogadishu in today’s early hours.

Two children were among the dead after al-Shabab stormed two police stations.

“The terrorists attacked the suburbs of Mogadishu and targeted our police stations and checkpoints. Our security defeated the enemy,” Internal Security Minister Abdullahi Nor said.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
An Iranian pro-government demonstrator holds an anti-Trump placard in a gathering commemorating the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a square in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 11, 2026
Middle East / 12 July 2026
12 July 2026

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers kill at least five Palestinians, including a nine-year-old girl, in Gaza

 Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, December 14, 2025
Australia / 14 December 2025
14 December 2025
Police remove wreckage from the site of a bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, August 21, 2025
Colombia / 22 August 2025
22 August 2025