Somalia: Intelligence service seizes explosion-hit garage in Mogadishu

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MOGADISHU, Somalia Oct 21, 2014 (Garowe Online)-Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has seized a garage on  Fifteen May road in Mogadishu’s Warta Nabadda district in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Garowe Online reports.

Security officials told the media that the capture came after accidental explosion gutted a civilian vehicle parked inside the garage late on Monday night.

A spokesman for Security Ministry Mohamed Musse said, reacting to the bomb attached to the car of ordinary Somali citizen, Intelligence service is now in control of the garage.

Musse added that Garage mechanics were also arrested for the incident and security agencies from now will target Mogadishu garages in the future search operations.

Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab group has honed suicide bombings, planned assassinations and military-style ambushes, making Mogadishu security situation extremely volatile.

GAROWE ONLINE

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