Bus Bombing in Somalia Kills at Least 10
12-31-1969
At least 10 people are dead and many more wounded in Somalia after a bomb exploded on a bus carrying United Nations workers.
Among the victims were seven Somali guards and two Kenyan nationals.
The al Qaeda-linked terror group al Shabab claimed responsibility for the bombing.
A U.N. employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said most of the victims traveling on the UNICEF bus were foreigners working with the U.N.
Somali police say the bomb was planted under a seat and detonated remotely.
Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for a massive attack earlier this month at a university in Kenya, which killed 148 people, mostly students.
Kenya retaliated for the massacre by bombing al-Shabab camps in Somalia.