Shabab spokesman Sheik Ali Mahmoud Raghe (Sheik Ali Dhere)
Hiiraan Online
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
The Al-Qaeda-linked Al shabab militants have claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings at a bar in Djibouti that killed several people on Saturday.
Al Shabab spokesman Sheik Ali Mahmoud Raghe popularly known as Sheik Ali Dheere said that his group was responsible for the attack, adding that they were targeting westerners.
“The Mujahideens have carried out the successful attack on a restaurant at where westerners were eating—about 35 people were either killed or wounded in the attack” the Al Shabab spokesman noted.
“The attack was mainly targeting NATO officials who are known to frequent the bar and we will continue [to launch] such attacks.”
He said these foreigners are from France, the United States, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium have suffered heavy losses including deaths and injuries.
Djibouti contributed several hundred troops to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia to help combat the militants.
It was the first time that Al Shabab militats have struck Djibouti such attack. Previously Al Shabaab has conducted similar deadly attacks in Uganda and Kenya.
HOL English News Desk