Blasts Kill At Least 11 Outside Somalia Parliament

索马里议会外至少11人被炸死

Somalia's foreign minister says at least 11 people were killed in the apparent assassination attempt on Somali Interim President Abdullahi Yusuf today (Monday).

Officials say the president's brother was among those killed when two explosions went off outside the Somali parliament building in Baidoa.

The first blast, a car bomb, went off as the president's motorcade drove by. A second explosion went off a short time later. Officials say the president and lawmakers were unhurt in the attack.

Several people were critically injured in the blasts, which also destroyed several cars in the vicinity.

The president had come to parliament seeking approval of his newly-appointed cabinet.

Baidoa is the seat of Somalia's weak interim government, which is struggling to maintain authority as Islamists expand their control over much of southern Somalia.

索马里外交部长说，星期一在似乎是针对索马里临时总统阿卜杜拉希.尤素福的暗杀行动中，至少有11人死亡。

官员们说，在拜多阿的索马里议会外发生两起爆炸，总统的兄弟在爆炸中身亡。

第一起是汽车炸弹爆炸，当时总统阿卜杜拉希.尤素福的车队正从议会旁边驶过。随后不久，发生了第二起爆炸。官员们说，总统和议员没有受伤。

有几人在爆炸中受了重伤，附近的几辆汽车也被摧毁。

阿卜杜拉希.尤素福当时前往议会，要求议会批准他新任命的内阁。

拜多阿是索马里弱势临时政府的所在地。在伊斯兰派扩大对索马里南部不少地区的控制时，索马里政府努力维持权力。