Extremist Attack in Somalia’s Capital Kills at Least 9

Extremist Attack in Somalia’s Capital Kills at Least 9
Medical workers carry the body of a civilian who was killed in a suicide car bomb attack that targeted the city's police commissioner in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 10, 2021. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

MOGADISHU, Somalia—A large explosion in Somalia’s capital killed at least nine people and injured eight others, a health official said Saturday.

Dr. Mohamed Nur at the Medina Hospital told reporters that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded who were taken to the facility in Mogadishu where he works.