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MOGADISHU, July
25 (Xinhua / GNA) – At least six Somali government officials have been killed and
Several others, including the mayor of Mogadishu, were injured in a suicide bombing.
attack at the headquarters of the municipal government on Wednesday, police said.
A policeman
An officer who refused to be named told Xinhua that the mayor of Mogadishu, Abdirahman
Omar Osman was rushed to hospital after the attack in which two districts
the commissioners and a former city official were killed.
"We are
not sure if a device was planted inside the room or a kamikaze
infiltrated into the building, but I can confirm that six officials were killed.
"The mayor was
rushed to the hospital, "said the policeman.
The witnesses said
the kamikaze detonated explosives that were attached to his waist,
to kill those who met at the mayor's office.
Police
Officials told Xinhua that the district commissioners of Waberi and Abdiaziz, as well as
as a former spokesman for the mayor of Mogadishu, were among the dead. There was no
official statement of the government to date.
The sources
added that the attack had occurred while a security meeting was going on in Banadir
administrative headquarters.
James Swan,
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia,
The headquarters of Banadir before the attack.
The UN envoy
said that he made a courtesy call to the mayor and had talks with Osman and his
team.
Swan added that he
met with District Commissioners and obtained an overview of progress and
in the region of Mogadishu / Banadir, ranging from development to
displacement. The militant group Al-Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the
attack, said that their fighters were targeting the UN envoy who they said was
inside the mayor's precincts.
The attack came
a few hours after several mortar shells landed near the very guarded
Presidential palace. Nobody was hurt.
Early this
week, at least 17 people were killed in a car bombing in the repressed area
capital Mogadishu.
GNA
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