Al-Shabab Blast by School in Somali Capital Kills at Least 8

Al-Shabab Blast by School in Somali Capital Kills at Least 8
Security forces and rescue workers search for bodies at the scene of a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia on Nov. 25, 2021. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—A large explosion outside a school in Somalia’s capital on Thursday killed at least eight people, including students, witnesses said. The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.

The al-Qaida-linked group controls large parts of rural Somalia and continues to frustrate efforts at rebuilding the Horn of Africa nation after three decades of conflict.