By ABDI GULED January 18, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) \u2014 At least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a construction site along a highway outside Somalia\u2019s capital, police said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six Turkish nationals were among the wounded, with two in serious condition, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Turkish construction workers appeared to be the bomber\u2019s target, Somali police Col. Abdi Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the casualties were police officers providing security for the Turkish workers constructing a highway between the capital, Mogadishu, and the agricultural town of Afgoye, 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, based in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the the group\u2019s radio arm, Andalus. Al-Shabab often carries out such attacks in and near Mogadishu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey has invested heavily in Somalia, with technical and development assistance exceeding $1 billion, according to the Turkish government. Turkish companies run the international airport and seaport in Mogadishu, and in 2016 the Turkish president inaugurated Turkey\u2019s largest embassy complex in the world there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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