One Specially Bloody Day in Somalia
A man disguised as a woman today entered a graduation party at a Mogadishu hotel and blew himself apart taking the lives of at least 19 people, including three journalists.
The attacker also blew the mind of civilized behavior. Unfortunately, in that God-forsaken country the incident will be filed under the horribly-as-usual file.
(EPA photo)
One of the killed journalists was Hassan Subeyr Haji (above), a freelancer for the Spanish news agency EFE.
The massacre took place during a graduation ceremony of Banadir University students, attended by several public officials, including four ministers, three of which were killed.
More than 700 people, most of them medicine students, were present at the hotel during the attack.
Banadair University was created in 2002 specifically to graduate medicine doctors to make up for all the healthcare professionals who died or fled the country during the worst periods of turmoil.
According to El País newspaper in Madrid, no organization has claimed the attack so far, but one of the main suspects is a group called Al Shabab, which is considered to have ties with Al Qaeda.
Our thoughts are with all those courageous journalists who, no matter the country, are there to witness events and to report them faithfully to their audiences.
The attacker also blew the mind of civilized behavior. Unfortunately, in that God-forsaken country the incident will be filed under the horribly-as-usual file.
(EPA photo)
One of the killed journalists was Hassan Subeyr Haji (above), a freelancer for the Spanish news agency EFE.
The massacre took place during a graduation ceremony of Banadir University students, attended by several public officials, including four ministers, three of which were killed.
More than 700 people, most of them medicine students, were present at the hotel during the attack.
Banadair University was created in 2002 specifically to graduate medicine doctors to make up for all the healthcare professionals who died or fled the country during the worst periods of turmoil.
According to El País newspaper in Madrid, no organization has claimed the attack so far, but one of the main suspects is a group called Al Shabab, which is considered to have ties with Al Qaeda.
Our thoughts are with all those courageous journalists who, no matter the country, are there to witness events and to report them faithfully to their audiences.
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