Somalian President Mohamud Unharmed in Mortar Attack

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/Bloomberg

Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was unharmed after he and his entourage were subjected to a barrage of mortar shells in the southern city of Baidoa on Friday.

The shells were fired shortly after the president alighted from his plane and began greeting army units, police and government officials said.