“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111)
“Somali bombings leave 23 dead; Al-Shabaab claims responsibility,” CNN, August 21, 2016:
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A pair of suicide car bombings struck a government building in Somalia on Sunday, killing 23 people, including two attackers, authorities said.
Many of the fatalities are students and local traders who were at a nearby school and market in the town of Galkayo, police said.
One bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the main gate of the building, killing several people, local police Capt. Abdi Hassan said.
Minutes later, as people gathered to help the wounded, a second car bomb exploded. At least one police officer was killed, authorities said.
The terror group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted a government compound housing administrative offices, police said. The group’s spokesman, Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Musab, spoke to Andalus Radio, a pro-militant station….