Suicide blast in Somali theater targets PM, officials

April 4th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

A number of high-profile figures are feared to be among the dead after a female suicide bomber struck the Somali capital Mogadishu’s newly-opened National Theater.

Thus far ten casualties have been reported. A Somali sports official has confirmed that the head of Somalia’s Olympic Committee and the president of the Soccer Federation died in the explosion.

Rebel group al-Shabab has claimed it was behind the bomb attack, reports Reuters.

The national theater reopened for the first time in 20 years on March 19 in the capital city with a celebratory concert.

Wednesday’s ceremony was held to mark the first anniversary of the start of a national TV station.

Officials from the country had said that the concert would mark an improvement in the war-torn country’s security. A period of relative peace has descended on Mogadishu following al-Shabab rebels’ withdrawal from the capital city last August, allowing sports leagues, restaurants and even a little nightlife to flourish.

However, the rebels consistently carry out attacks in the heart of the coastal city, despite being pushed out by African Union troops. Last October militants detonated a truck loaded with fuel drums at a government ministry gate, killing more than 100 people.