索马里人集会反对沙巴布自杀式袭击

Hundreds of Somalis have taken to the streets of Mogadishu to protest against al-Shabab, the group held responsible for a deadly suicide attack last week.

数以百计的索马里人走上摩加迪沙街头对沙巴布青年党提出抗议，该组织对上周发生的一起致命自杀式袭击负有责任。

Al-Shabab are notoriously violent and people rarely speak out against them

Protesters burned the group's flag in what analysts¹ say is an unprecedented²空前的 show of anger at the militants⁴, who control large parts of the country.

Although al-Shabab has been widely blamed for the atrocity⁵暴行, the group has issued a statement denying involvement.

Three government ministers were among some 22 people killed in the attack.

A suicide bomber⁶ disguised假装 as a woman in a veil面纱 blew himself up at a graduation ceremony in the capital last Thursday.

Most of those killed were medical students. More than 60 people were injured.

Protesters marching through Mogadishu on Monday chanted吟唱，颂扬 slogans标语，口号 including "down with al-Shabab" and "we don't need violence".

The marchers made a stop at Benadir University, where the students killed in the attack had graduated from.

Analysts say the march is the first such public protest against al-Shabab in Mogadishu, where the group controls a large amount of territory and tolerates容忍，忍受 no dissent⁷.

"We cannot endure耐久，忍耐 such indiscriminate killing⁸, everybody must say no to violence from now on," one of the protesters, Muhubo Adan Kheyre, told the AFP news agency.

Another protester, Yusuf Sahal, said the suicide attack had "sent a clear message to the whole country".

"It showed that these violent people will spare nobody, so we have to start confronting them," he said.

AFP reported that many of the demonstrators were relatives and friends of those who were killed.

Al-Shabab is locked in a battle for control of the country with other militant³ groups and the forces from the transitional过渡期的 government.

While militants control most of the country, the UN-backed government holds sway影响力 in only parts of Mogadishu.