A second arrest has been made Saturday in connection to Thursday’s shootout during which a Columbus officer was critically injured and a suspect was killed.
Nearly 300 people were wounded in Saturday's explosions, the country's president said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility, saying it targeted the education ministry.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) At least 100 people were killed in two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital, Somalia's president said, and the toll could rise in the country's deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago