Doha / Information Office / October 01

The State of Qatar expressed Thursday its strong condemnation and denunciation of an explosion that targeted a security checkpoint in the capital Mogadishu, which killed two people and injured others.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs renewed, in a statement today, the State of Qatar's firm position of rejecting violence and terrorism regardless of the reasons and motives.

The statement expressed the condolences of the State of Qatar to the families of the victims, the government, and people of Somalia, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.