Wednesday March 23, 2022
Police in Somalia say at least six people are dead after two gunmen attacked Mogadishu’s heavily guarded international airport Wednesday.The dead include a Somali national and five foreigners. The two gunmen were killed by security forces, according to police spokesman Major Abdifatah Aden Hassan.Hassan said one of the foreigners was a soldier with the African Union peacekeeping mission AMISOM. He said four others were trainers helping the Somali government with explosives training.The al-Shabab militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.Hassan told VOA that two men attacked the Marine gate of the airport Wednesday afternoon and were “confronted” by security forces.