Somalia: United Nations Condemns in Strongest Terms Attack at Galkaayo Stadium 19 December, 2020 - 16:10
Country: Somalia Source: UN Assistance Mission in Somalia
Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia condemns in the strongest terms the attack today at Galkaayo s stadium, which reportedly killed and injured many people who had gathered ahead of a visit by the country’s prime minister.
“This reprehensible act is an attack against all the people and leaders of North and South Galkaayo who have worked so hard to keep the peace there in recent years,” said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan.
“We applaud the people of Galkaayo for standing firm in the face of such an outrage and believe that such heinous violence will not deter them, nor their fellow Somalis, from continuing on their path of peace, reconciliation and stability,” he added.
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United Nations Condemns in Strongest Terms Attack at Galkaayo Stadium
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Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia condemns in the strongest terms the attack today at Galkaayo s stadium, which reportedly killed and injured many people who had gathered ahead of a visit by the country’s prime minister.
“This reprehensible act is an attack against all the people and leaders of North and South Galkaayo who have worked so hard to keep the peace there in recent years,” said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan.
“We applaud the people of Galkaayo for standing firm in the face of such an outrage and believe that such heinous violence will not deter them, nor their fellow Somalis, from continuing on their path of peace, reconciliation and stability,” he added.
Somalia Stadium Suicide Attack: Death Toll Rises To 15
Attack claimed lives of high ranking military officials during ongoing welcome party for Somalia s new prime minister. The death toll from Friday s attack in Mogadishu that killed several high-ranking military and police officials has risen to 15, local authorities confirmed on Saturday.
Speaking to local media, security officials said that 15 people lost their lives in the suicide attack that happened in the central town of Galkayo in the Mudug region.
Police said that the new deaths were recorded from the injured that had been rushed to hospital after the attack at the stadium where a welcome party was being prepared for Somalia s new Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble.
Death toll rises to 16 in Somalia suicide bombing
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The death toll from a suicide bombing in Somalia has risen to 16, after a number of people hurt in the blast succumbed to their injuries overnight, security sources told AFP on Saturday.
Initially, six people including three senior military officials were killed Friday when a suicide bomber attacked a stadium in the Somali city of Galkayo, ahead of the planned arrival of the country’s prime minister.
But a local security official told AFP by telephone on Saturday: “The number of people who have died in the blast increased this morning, 16 people, most of them civilians, died, according to the information we have.”