{Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it carried out a bomb attack on a plane that blew a huge hole in its fuselage earlier this month.}<\/p>\n
In an emailed statement, al-Shabab said the attack was revenge for Western intelligence operations in Somalia.<\/p>\n
The Daallo Airlines Airbus 321 with 74 passengers on board made an emergency landing in the capital Mogadishu after the explosion shortly after take-off.<\/p>\n
One person, said to be the bomber, was reportedly blown out of the plane.<\/p>\n
The explosion happened about 15 minutes into the flight, when the plane was only at around 11,000ft (3,350m) and the cabin was not yet pressurised.<\/p>\n
Most of the passengers had originally been booked on a Turkish Airlines flight but the flight was cancelled due to bad weather a few hours before take-off, Turkish Airlines said.<\/p>\n
In its statement, al-Shabab said it had targeted Turkish Airlines because it said the Nato state was supporting Western operations in Somalia.<\/p>\n
But the group admitted it had failed in its aim of bringing down the flight.<\/p>\n
Somali authorities have released a video showing a passenger being given a laptop that they believe contained the bomb.<\/p>\n
In the video, a man in an orange hi-visibility vest is shown walking with a man in a blue shirt holding what looks like a laptop. Another man in a hat approaches them and it is alleged that the laptop is handed over.<\/p>\n
More than 20 people have been arrested in connection with the incident, the Somali government said.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC:[Al-Shabab ‘carried out’ Somalia plane attack->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35569535]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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