Somalia Attack by Addison Jordan

Summary: The group Al- Shabaab launched an attack on Somalia’s parliament headquarters on Saturday. Officials say that there were 10 people killed in this attack and more than 11 people injured. Some members of parliament were injured after Al-Shabaab stormed their facility in Mogadishu.

            “Fighters used automatic rifles, heavy machine guns and explosives in an attack that lasted more than three hours,” witnesses said.

            Mohamed Madale, a police spokesman, said “security forces later secured the building after the fighters blew themselves up.” He said “the security forces killed several fighters during the attack.” Dahir Mohamed, a police officer who witnessed the attack, said “the attackers used a car filled with explosives to get into the parliament building, and killed some of the Somali forces guarding the building on their way in.”

            Smoke and fire took over the building as the ambulance showed up. Many bodies were recovered from this attack; some were Somali forces, civil servants and civilians who were unfortunately caught in the crossfire during attack.

Analysis: I don’t know why the group Al-Shabaab attacked the parliament headquarters.   Maybe they thought they was a good reason, but it still doesn’t mean that they should go and harm innocent people. That just isn’t right and they should be punished for their actions.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/world/africa/somalia-attack/index.html?hpt=wo_c2