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"Laptop bomb" attack in Somalia

Accepted submission by bitstream at 2016-03-07 12:31:01
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Gulfnews: 6 wounded at Somalia airport in ‘laptop bomb’ attack [gulfnews.com]
Six people were wounded when a "laptop bomb" exploded in the screening area where security screening is carried out before cargo and bags are loaded onto planes in the airport [wikipedia.org] of Beledweyne [wikipedia.org] in Somalia, police said. The second such attack in recent weeks targeting passenger aircraft.

“A laptop computer went off at the screening area, and the security forces have also managed to defuse two other explosive devices, one of them planted in a printer,” said police Lieutenant Colonel Ali Dhuh Abdi.

More flight restrictions to come?


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