Explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu

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Explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu

Five years ago, the Islamists militia Al-Shabaab was driven from Mogadishu to a large extent. Now she is apparently back. At the airport, there has been explosions. On the Radio, the extremists commit.

The destroyed vehicle is one of car bomb attacks

Al-Shabaab has struck again. According to authorities, two suicide bombers have blown themselves up with explosives-Laden vehicles on a road to the airport of the capital in the air. As reported by the police, have been killed at least seven people. Other sources cite even higher numbers of victims.

The first car bomb went, according to a security official at a checkpoint, the troops of the African Union (AU) in the air. In the case of most of the Killed it is to be Somali and Ugandan soldiers in the AU.

The second Explosion occurred at a Checkpoint near the headquarters of the United Nations. Huge clouds of smoke rose over the city. Eye-witnesses report that an hour were heard after the explosions shots.

Al-Shabaab is holding the country in suspense

The Islamist Al-Shabaab militia is already for a series of attacks on Hotels and Restaurants in several cities in the East African country. The extremists want to overthrow the Western-backed government and a theocracy in the Horn of Africa build.

The 22,000-AU-soldiers will support the government in the fight against the militia. In the past few years, it was managed to expel the extremists from the capital. Check, however, several rural regions.

pv/ml of (ap, afp, dpa, rtr)