Suspected Suicide Bombing Rocks Military Academy in Mogadishu Amidst Ongoing al-Shabab Insurgency
MOGADISHU, Somalia — An explosion rocked the Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy in the capital on Wednesday, prompting investigations by the Somali defense ministry. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the incident, identifying it as a suicide attack aimed at a foreign training delegation. The blast erupted at one of Somalia’s premier military training facilities, although initial reports did not confirm any injuries. Eyewitness accounts indicate that the assailant, wearing a suicide vest, was intercepted …