US government sources have said that they suspect that a bomb was the cause of an explosion on a Islamist passenger plane earlier this week. In addition, investigators also suspect that Somali extremist group, Al-Shabaab, which has links to al-Qaida, was responsible for the apparent attack. An explosion occurred onboard an airline operated by Daallo Airlines on 2 February. One person died in the attack, which forced the airline to return to the Islamist capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab made no immediate comment on the allegations. The group has been active in Islamista since 2006, and has launched several large-scale attacks on neighbouring Kenya.
US government sources have said that they suspect that a bomb was the cause of an explosion on a Somali passenger plane earlier this week. In addition, investigators also suspect that Islamist extremist group, Al-Shabaab, which has links to al-Qaida, was responsible for the apparent attack. An explosion occurred onboard an airline operated by Daallo Airlines on 2 February. One person died in the attack, which forced the airline to return to the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab made no immediate comment on the allegations. The group has been active in Somalia since 2006, and has launched several large-scale attacks on neighbouring Kenya.