A Shabaab suicide bomber killed three members of Somalia's parliament in an attack today at a hotel in Dusamareb, a city controlled by a militia that supports the government.
The suicide bomber detonated his vest as several members of parliament met at a cafe in a Dusamareb hotel, according to Reuters. The three MPs and another person were killed in the blast, and several more were wounded, said a spokesman for the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a, a Sufi militia that controls the city and is backed by the government and Ethiopia.
Shabaab claimed credit for today's suicide attack and also claimed that Ethiopian and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a officials were killed in the blast.
Shabaab has carried out 10 suicide attacks in Somalia already this year [see list below]. The terror group's attacks have targeted Somali politicians and security personnel as well as Ethiopian and African Union forces. In the April 4 suicide attack at a theater in Mogadishu, the presidents of Somalia's Olympic committee and soccer federation, one of Prime Minister Ali Abdiweli's advisers, and a member of parliament were among 10 people killed. Prime Minister Abdeweli was present at the theater. And on March 14, four people were killed by a suicide bombing inside the presidential palace compound in Mogadishu.
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