Huge blasts hit Beledweyne, Beledweyne unsafe like Mogadishu

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19 November 2013 Last updated at 13:16


Somali African Union Beledweyne base hit by bomb attack


Somali African Union Beledweyne base hit by bomb attack
Somali policemen stand next to a damaged car at the scene of an explosion in Beledweyne in central Somalia, 19 November 2013 This is the second
deadly attack in the strategic town of Beledweyne in a month


At least 19 people have been killed in a suicide attack on an African Union base in the Somali town of Beledweyne near Ethiopia's border,
officials say.

A car rammed into the gates, exploded and gunmen then stormed the building.

The BBC's Mohammed Moalimu in Somalia says it is a base for Djiboutian troops and Somali policemen.

An al-Shabab spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, told the Reuters news agency that the al-Qaeda-linked group had carried out the attack.

Last month, the Islamist group said it was behind a suicide attack at a popular cafe in Beledweyne which killed 16 people.
Somalia map

Beledweyne is a strategic town, 30km (20 miles) from the Ethiopian border on the main road to the capital, Mogadishu, and also on the major artery
linking the north and south of the country.

Al-Shabab militants have been driven out of Somalia's major towns by a UN-mandated African Union force (Amisom) of some 18,000 soldiers, but still
control large parts of southern Somalia.
'Enormous explosion'

Eyewitnesses told the BBC that a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle he was driving at the gates of the police station in Beledweyne.

Gunmen then went into the station and began shooting at the people inside, the witnesses said.

One eyewitness told the BBC Somali Service most of the dead were Somali policemen.

Health officials in the town say at least 19 people have died.

"The explosion was enormous and there are casualties," Col Abdulkadir Ali, a senior police commander in the town, told the AFP news agency.

Local al-Shabab commander Mohamed Abu Suleiman told AFP special commandos had carried out the attack.
Djiboutian African Union troops in Beledweyne, Somalia Djiboutian troops in the AU force are based in Beledweyne

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said such attacks were self-defeating and showed no regard for life.

"My first priority is to send my personal condolences to the victims and families affected by this stupid attack," he said in a statement.

"Amisom and Somali security forces alike have paid a heavy price for their brave role in stabilising Somalia.

"I say this was a stupid attack because our enemies need to understand that these attacks do nothing to advance their cause, however misguided."

In September, al-Shabab said it carried out the attack on the Westgate shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in which 67 people died
during a four-day siege.

It said it staged the attack in response to Kenya's army carrying out operations on Somali territory.



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Somali African Union Beledweyne base hit by bomb attack


At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide attack on an African Union base in the Somali town of Beledweyne near Ethiopia's border, witnesses say.

A car rammed into the gates, exploded and gunmen then stormed the building.
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The BBC's Mohammed Moalimu in Somalia says it is a base for Djiboutian troops and Somali policemen.

An al-Shabab spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, told the Reuters news agency that the al-Qaeda-linked group was responsible for attack on the AU base.

Last month, the Islamist group said it was behind a suicide attack at a popular cafe in Beledweyne which killed 16 people.

Beledweyne is a strategic town, 30km (20 miles) from the Ethiopian border on the main road to the capital, Mogadishu, and also on the major artery linking the north and south of the country.

Al-Shabab militants have been driven out of Somalia's major towns by a UN-mandated African Union force (Amisom) of some 18,000 soldiers, but still control large parts of southern Somalia.

'Enormous explosion'

Eyewitnesses told the BBC Arabic Service that a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle he was driving at the gates of the police station in Beledweyne, 300km (185 miles) north of Mogadishu.

Gunmen then went into the station and began shooting at the people inside, the witnesses said.

"The explosion was enormous and there are casualties... but the situation is now under control," Col Abdulkadir Ali, a senior police commander in the town, told the AFP news agency.

Local al-Shabab commander Mohamed Abu Suleiman told AFP special commandos had carried out the attack.



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Weerarka maanta ka dhacay magaalada Beledweyne ayaa kusoo beegmaya dhowr todobaad uun ka dib markii weerar Ismiidamin ah lagu qaaday
maqaaxi aan wax badan ka fogeyn xarunta maamulka gobolka taasoo ay ku dhinteen dad ku dhaw 19 ruux oo rayid u badnaa.

Wixii warar ah ee ka soo kordha waxaan idiinku soo gudbin doonaa wararjeeba dabe gaduu rabu qadaro.


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Shebab suicide attackers kill 16 in Somali police raid


Mogadishu (AFP) - At least 16 people were killed when Somalia's Shebab insurgents attacked a police station Tuesday, with a suicide car bomber blasting
open the compound before militants entered spraying gunfire, an army officer said.


Witnesses reported bodies strewn around the blast site, the latest in a string of bombs and shootings in the central Somali town of Beledweyne claimed
by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab.

"We have confirmed 16 people dead including soldiers and civilians, while others were injured, some seriously," senior Somali army officer Abdi Mohamed
Ali told AFP, adding that four Shebab gunmen had also been killed.

Beledweyne's police commissioner Issac Ali said those killed were "mainly civilians".

The Shebab boasted of killing 20 soldiers, including Somali forces and Djiboutian troops with the African Union (AU) force and Ethiopian soldiers
based at the police compound.

"Several of our special mujahedeen commandos carried out the attack on the military base in Beledweyne... they have killed many of the enemy,"
local Shebab commander Sheikh Mohamed Abu Suleiman told AFP.
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Map locating the central Somali town of Beledweyne …
Map locating the central Somali town of Beledweyne where gunmen have stormed a police station (AFP P …

Shebab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab, who said one attacker blew himself up in a car at the gate before gunmen entered the compound, reported
that the insurgents had "killed mainly Somalis but also some Djiboutians", and called the attack a "victory".

Witnesses said the car rammed the gate of the police station before bursting into a huge ball of flames.

"The car hit the gate of the police station and exploded, then after the explosion men with machine guns stormed the building. There was lots of shooting,"
said Hassan Nur, who saw the attack. "I saw several bodies lying around the area where the car blew up."

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud condemned the "self-defeating" attack.

"Al-Shebab wants to terrorise the people, while the government is bringing peace and stability to Somalia," he said in a statement.
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A handout photo released by the AU-UN Information Support …
A handout photo released by the AU-UN Information Support Team shows the Prime Minister of Somalia, …

Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon called the Shebab the "enemies of peace", who offered "nothing but indiscriminate violence and suffering to innocent Somalis".

AU special representative for Somalia Mahamat Saleh Annadif "strongly condemned" the attack, but made no comment on any possible casualties among the AU force.

Last month a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on a popular restaurant in the town, which lies close to the border with Ethiopia and is under the control of pro-government Somali forces.

The Shebab also said they carried out the restaurant bombing, saying they were targeting Ethiopian troops and soldiers from the AU mission stationed in the town.

Beledweyne, which lies some 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Mogadishu, holds a strategic position commanding the road to the capital.

The Shebab have been driven out of fixed positions in Somalia's major towns, including Mogadishu and the southern port of Kismayo, by the UN-mandated AU
force of more than 17,000 men.

However, the group still controls large swathes of southern Somalia and continues to launch brazen attacks including suicide bombings and commando raids.

Many of the worst attacks have been in the heart of the capital, such as a car bomb earlier this month at a popular hotel that killed at least four people, including
one of Somalia's top diplomats.

In September the group also claimed responsibility for a massacre at the upmarket Westgate shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi that left at least 67 dead.

The latest attack comes as the AU force in Somalia awaits an important troop boost of more than a quarter to 22,000 men, approved this month by the UN
Security Council as part of efforts to step up offensive operations against the Shebab.





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