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 * Somalia Suicide Bomber Came From Denmark**

This article is in relation to the article I did last week, 12/6/09. It turns out based on reports from Somalian Officiers that the Suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at a graduation at Mogadishu was actually from Denmark. His parents had recognized their son's photo and they were currently living in Copehagen. Based on some reports he had left Somalia when he was a child, spent 20 years in Denmark, then returning back to Somalia last year. When he had came back from Denmark to Somalia, he reportedly joined the al-Shabbab. The father of the danish boy had denied that his son was the person responsible for this attack and had this to say, "My son was invited to the graduation ceremony by his friend and apparently both of them died. Since no one recognised him, they assumed he was the suicide bomber." He and his father always kept in contact and his father knew where he was living. This attack from the suicide bomber was the worst since June when the al-shabbab killed at least 30 people and the security minister in a suicide bombing in the town of Baladwayne. Also fighting in Somalia has killed at least 19,000 civilians since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million people from their homes.

Sources: BBC: [] Reuters: []

Some differences I noticed were the titles the articles had. BBC's title was Somalia suicide bomber 'was from Denmark' and Reuters' was Somali Speaker says suicide bomber was danish. The pictures in each article were different from each other, also the number recorded about how many were killed in the suicide bombing in each article were different. BBC said at least 22 people while Reuters just said 22 people so that was another difference. The quotes in each article were different, like the Reuters' article had one from the bomber's father while BBC didn't. Another quote the BBC had was from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service which Reuters didn't have. Reuters had this quotes from a parliament speaker and Sheikh Aden Mohamed Madobe which the BBC didn't have either. There weren't many similarities, they both reported on the same issue and came to the same conclusion that the bomber was from Denmark.

My opinion on this issue is that it was interesting to learn where the bomber came from because the bomber had a interesting history. He was first in Somalia, moved to Denmark, then came back. It was sad to see all those people die and I guess the bomber deserved what happened to him. My thought on the bomber's father's quote is that I'm not sure on whether or not to believe him. But if he sat with his son, he should've noticed that he dressed up as a girl. Unlikely as that sounds, I'm assuming that he didn't sit with him so I'm assuming that his son was the suicide bomber. I hope the families who lost the loved ones are recovering from that incident that happened last week.