Somali Olympic chief killed

April 4th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

The president of Somalia’s Olympic committee and the head of the country’s soccer federation were among those people killed by a female suicide bomber at Mogadishu’s newly reopened national theater Wednesday.

Sports official Shafici Mohyadin said the two were killed on Wednesday when the blast hit the first anniversary celebration of Somalia’s television station.

Al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast on Wednesday that killed the heads of Somalia’s soccer federation and Olympic committee in yet another stark reminder of the fragile security in the capital Mogadishu.

The bombing was an apparent attempt to kill the prime minister as he spoke at an event to mark the first anniversary of the country’s new satellite television channel.

While the al Qaeda-allied militants pulled their fighters out of the capital last August, they have struck targets regularly in the heart of the coastal city using roadside bombs, mortars and suicide bombers.

A soldier guarding the newly-opened theatre said the bomber had been stopped but the premier’s security team had insisted she be allowed in because she was carrying police ID.

“The suicide bomber was a young, slim lady with plaited hair. She wore a veil and carried a police identity card,” Mohamed Ali, the soldier told Reuters.

“She sat under the tree in front of the theatre for a while. She stood and went towards the theatre when she heard the voice of the PM. We were suspicious and shouted ‘stop’. She wanted to target the PM. We stopped her. But the PM’s guards inside shouted ‘let her come in’ because she had a police identity card in her hand. And all of a sudden we heard the explosion.”

Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu’s ambulance service, earlier said at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded, including the country’s national planning minister, although the higher death toll could not be verified.

Mogadishu’s national theatre closed during the early 1990s as the city was engulfed by civil war and terrorism. Many saw its re-opening of the theatre as a symbolic step on the city’s road to normality.

Public entertainment, including threatre, were frowned upon by the al-Shabaab militants who were forced out of large parts of the city last year.

Directors had planned to use the theatre to stage plays reflecting the transition towards peace which many parts of the country have recently enjoyed.

NBC News, msnbc.com staff and Reuters contributed to this report.