Al-Shabab claim Somalia plane attack

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.In an emailed statement, al-Shabab said the attack was revenge for Western intelligence
operations in Somalia.

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, reports the BBC.

One person, said to be the bomber, was reportedly blown out of the plane.