Somalia: Somaliland Govt Blames Al Shabaab for Suicide Bombings

27 November 2008

Authorities in Somalia's northern breakaway sub-state of Somaliland declared on Thursday that al Shabaab militants waging an insurgency in southern Somalia are behind deadly suicide attacks that killed at least 20 people last month.

Abdullahi "Irro" Ismail, Somaliland's interior minister, told a Thursday press conference in the capital Hargeisa that the 29-day police investigation revealed that al Shabaab organized and executed three suicide bombings that targeted the presidential palace, UN offices and the Ethiopian trade office.

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