Sunday, February 7, 2016

 Somali government said for the first time Saturday that a bomb had caused an explosion in a passenger plane that made an emergency landing on Tuesday.

"It was an intentional terror act – a bomb was the cause of the explosion in the plane.” He told reporters Tuesday.

However, the minister hasn’t confirmed media reports that a bomb planted in a laptop caused the blast.

The development comes as the investigation entered its fifth day Tuesday, with foreign technical experts including FBI technical experts joined the probe which officials said would be concluded this

Most of the flights bound for Mogadishu have since been cancelled following the incident, as Somali government vowed it would beef up security of the Mogadishu international airport to prevent further
security threats.