Huge blast in hotel in Somalia’s Kismayu, followed by gunfire: police
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb went off in a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu where local elders and lawmakers were meeting, followed by gunfire, a police officer said on Friday.
The Islamist militant group al Shabaab, linked to Qaeda, said it had carried out a suicide attack.
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Source: reuters.com

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Security and Risk Report 01/02/23
MAST’s security report issue 362 is available to read now. In the UK, there have been several terror-related court appearances in the period observed, including