索馬里發生自殺炸彈襲擊數人喪生

Several people are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the main police training facility in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, Thursday.

The attack happened as police were rehearsing a parade at General Kahiye Police Academy. Officials say the attacker entered the facility disguised as a policeman.

Reuters news agency says 13 people were killed in the bombing, but officials have yet to give an exact number of casualties. It says the militant Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack.

Al-Shabab controlled Mogadishu until 2011, when it was driven out by African Union peacekeepers and Somali security forces. The group has been active in Somalia trying to overthrow the government and install a strict form of Islam. It has deployed bomb attacks against government, military and civilian targets.一名自殺炸彈殺手星期四在索馬里首都摩加迪沙一個主要警察培訓設施引爆了身上的炸彈，炸死若干人。

炸彈襲擊發生時，警察正在卡西耶警察總校練習遊行隊列。索馬里官員說，襲擊者裝扮成警察混進了警察學校。

路透社說，13人在爆炸中喪生，但是索馬里官員尚未提供確切的傷亡數字。路透社說，索馬里青年黨宣稱爲星期四的襲擊事件負責。

青年黨在2011年之前一直控制着摩加迪沙，後來被非洲聯盟部隊和索馬里保安部隊從摩加迪沙趕走。青年黨一直在索馬里試圖推翻政府，建立一個嚴格執行伊斯蘭教義的國家，對政府、軍隊以及平民目標頻頻發動炸彈襲擊。