Militants Attack Somalia’s Parliament

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Militants attacked Somalia’s Parliament building on Saturday, with a bomber detonating a car filled with explosives at the building’s entrance followed by several other explosions and an assault by gunmen, witnesses and Somali officials said. At least 15 people, mostly assailants, were killed, and more than a dozen guards were wounded, an official said. The assailants were repelled by members of the Somali security forces and the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia, known as Amisom. Witnesses said that after the car bomber struck the African Union and Somali troops who were guarding an entrance to the Parliament building, a gun battle erupted as militants stormed the building, where a session of Parliament was underway. Read Full Article