At least 15 dead in a suicide attack perpetrated by Al Shabaab in Somalia

MADRID, 6 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least 15 people have died this Saturday in Somalia in a terrorist attack, of which the jihadist organization Al Ashabaan has acknowledged responsibility, which has taken place in the vicinity of military training facilities in southern Mogadishu.

The security forces have transmitted to the local media that there have been several innocent civilian victims, after an attacker blew himself up outside the Candy Army Base. Among the fatalities are also several recruits from the military, according to the news portal 'Garowe Online'.

The facility is located in a former candy factory and has been the target of Al Shabaab attacks on previous occasions, according to local media.

In addition, several more explosions would have been heard on the night of this Saturday in the Somali capital. Local media record several attacks with hand grenades in the police stations of some districts of the Banadir region, to which Mogadishu belongs.

Authorities have linked the attack to "military setbacks experienced on the battlefield." The newspaper 'Somali Times' indicates that the jihadist organization had suffered a great defeat in the last few hours in the Hiran region, in central Somalia.

This Friday, the Somali authorities announced the death of more than 100 suspected members of Al Shabaab in clashes in the Hiran region. A day earlier, there had been a new bomb attack that had claimed the lives of three people in the country, including two children.

Somalia is facing an increase in the number of attacks by the Islamist militia, both in the capital and in other areas of the south of the country, which has led the president to promise a reinforcement of security operations to face the threat.