Terrorism in Somalia - 2009 Hotel Shamo Bombing, 2008 Hargeisa-Bosaso Bombings, Foreign Hostages in Somalia, February 2008 Bosaso Bombings (Paperback)

Chapters: 2009 Hotel Shamo Bombing, 2008 Hargeisa-bosaso Bombings, Foreign Hostages in Somalia, February 2008 Bosaso Bombings, 2008 Mogadishu Bombings, 2009 Beledweyne Bombing. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing was a suicide bombing at the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 December 2009. The bombing killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government, and injured 60 more, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne bombing on 18 June 2009 that claimed more than 30 lives. The attack took place inside the meeting hall of the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu during a commencement ceremony for medical students of Benadir University and was carried out by a suicide bomber dressed as a woman, "complete with a veil and a female's shoes," according to Minister of Information Dahir Mohamud Gelle. According to witnesses, the bomber approached a speakers' panel, verbally greeted them with the phrase "peace," and detonated his explosives belt. Former Minister of Health Osman Dufle, who was speaking when the blast happened, reported that he had noticed an individual wearing black clothing moving through the audience immediately before the explosion. The ceremonythe second since Benadir University was formed in 2002 and a rare event in war-torn Somaliahad attracted hundreds of people. In attendance were the graduates and their family members, University officials, and five ministers of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Security inside the meeting hall was light and all of the ministers' bodyguards were outside the hall. The bombing killed 24 people and injured 60 others. Most of those killed were students, but also among the dead were two doctors, three journalists, and thr...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2530449