Blast on Somalia airplane 'was caused by bomb'
8 Feb 2016 11:59:19
rappler.com
A bomb caused the explosion that ripped a hole in the fuselage of a passenger plane shortly after it took off from Somalia's main airport on Tuesday, February 2, killing one person, the government said.
The security forces have made several arrests in connection with the attack, Transport and Aviation Minister Ali Ahmed Jama told reporters in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, February 6.
The authorities had initially attributed the blast to sudden air decompression.
"Additional investigations conducted by Somali and international experts have confirmed the explosion that occurred inside the Daallo Airlines (jet) was not a technical problem but was a bomb that was intended to destroy the plane and kill all passengers onboard," the minister said.
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