Mogadishu: At least 10 people including head of Somalia’s Olympic committee and football chief were killed in a bomb attack on a high-profile event in Mogadishu, media reported on Wednesday.
According to reports Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali survived the blast unhurt after it struck the newly re-opened national theatre in the capital, Mogadishu.
“Three Somali television journalists were also wounded in the blast,” report added.
The Prime minister said a woman suicide attacker had carried out the attack.
Condemning al-Shabab, he said it was in the group’s nature to “kill innocent people” and described the attacks as “the last breaths of a dying horse”.
Militants from the al-Shabab group say they carried out the bombing.
African Union peacekeepers said the “despicable” attack would not deter peace efforts in Somalia.
President of football’s governing body Fifa Sepp Blatter said that he was shocked at the deaths of the sport officials.
Somalia’s Olympic committee and football chief were among a group of dignitaries who had gathered to mark the first anniversary of the launch of Somalia’s national television station.
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