A passenger flight forced to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu on Tuesday was hit by a bomb explosion, Somalia's minister for transport and aviation said.
Bomb explodes in commercial airline
"We have confirmed that it was a bomb that exploded in the Daallo Airlines flight. It was meant to kill all aboard," Ali Ahmed Jamac told a news conference on Saturday.
A member of Daallo Airlines ground crew walks down an aisle inside their airline at Aden Abdule International Airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in a file photo. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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"We have confirmed that it was a bomb that exploded in the Daallo Airlines flight. It was meant to kill all aboard," Ali Ahmed Jamac told a news conference on Saturday.
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