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Somali Blast Severely Damages Qatari Embassy, Wounds Charge d'Affairs - Doha

© AFP 2023 / Abdi HAJJI HUSSEINSomalian soldiers and ambulance workers gather at the scene after a car bomb exploded in the centre of Mogadishu on September 28, 2017
Somalian soldiers and ambulance workers gather at the scene after a car bomb exploded in the centre of Mogadishu on September 28, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The recent truck bomb explosion, which killed 276 people, in Somalia's capital slightly wounded the Qatari charge d'affairs in the country.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The recent explosion in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has caused serious damage to the building of the Qatari Embassy, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday.

"Director of the Information Office at the Qatari Foreign Ministry Ambassador Ahmed bin Saeed Al Rumaihi said that the building of the Qatari Embassy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has been severely damaged in a truck bomb blast close to the embassy's building on Saturday evening," the statement said.

According to the Qatari Foreign Ministry, the Qatari charge d'affairs is now in good health, while other employees of the embassy have not been affected.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry has contacted the Somalian authorities to ask them "to take all the necessary measures to ensure the security of the embassy's employees and their families."

On Saturday, an explosion occurred in the Mogadishu district of Hodan after a truck bomb detonated in front of the Safari Hotel. According to the latest data, at least 276 people have been killed and up to 300 have been wounded in the explosion. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced a three-day period of national mourning with regard to the attack, which began on Sunday.

The responsibility for the attack has been claimed by neither of the terrorist groups operating in the region so far. However, the attack is thought to have been conducted by the al-Shabaab terrorist group, which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda (banned in Russia) and often carries out attacks and suicide bombings in Mogadishu and its surroundings. The terrorist group not only fights against the central government but also hampers the humanitarian activity of the United Nations in the region.

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