Posted on 06/12/2011 7:34:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Somali Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan has been killed in a suicide attack at his home in the capital, Mogadishu.
Officials say the bomber was his own teenage niece, who had joined the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
The group said it carried out the attack and said more would follow.
Meanwhile, two people are said to have been killed in Mogadishu during protests against a deal to extend the terms of the president and parliament.
Under the deal signed in Uganda on Thursday, their mandates have been extended until June 2012 and the prime minister is to be sacked.
Friday saw a second day of demonstrations in support of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
Witnesses said troops fired on the protesters, who had gathered outside the hotel where MPs have been meeting. Losing ground
The attack against Sheikh Hassan was the third suicide attack in Mogadishu in three weeks.
His niece had visited his home several times in recent days and the guards did not carry out a security check.
She walked into the home, set off the bomb, and was killed instantly.
The minister died from his injuries as efforts were under way to fly him for treatment in neighbouring Kenya.
In recent months al-Shabab - which has links with al-Qaeda - have lost territory as Somali government troops and African Union soldiers have been on the offensive.
BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross says that when al-Shabab has appeared to be militarily weak in the past, it has targeted high-profile government officials.
The group still controls much of southern and central areas of the country.
Somalia has been torn apart by constant war for more than 20 years. Its last functioning national government was toppled in 1991.
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Thanks Berlin_Freeper.
Somalia, the gift that keeps on giving.
Kinda like herpes.
This is why I basically won’t ever trust a muslim. Even a “westernized” liberal, smoking, drinking “MINO” can revert at anytime, and erase all of his or her “sins” against allah with a fatal jihad attack.
Consider the Egypt Air pilot who intentionally crashed an airliner while screaming Allahu Akbar. He was as “westernized” and “moderate” as they come. Until he reached a crisis in his life, and selected the “72 virgins via jihad murder” option.
As ANY muslim can do at ANY time.
What a fugged up group of people. When a Niece can blow up her Uncle and claim to be a martyr.
Martyr in Islam must be defined as Mass murderer.
Somalia has a government?
The Idiots here, elected one of their worthless cousins, to the oval office.
Slightly less of one now. ;’)
That’s kind of a mean thing to say about herpes.
The Klingons strike again.
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