An official source of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strong condemnation and denunciation of the suicide car bombing that targeted a government office in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, and the attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries. The source affirmed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's categorical rejection of all forms of violence, terrorism and extremism whatever the motives and reasons. The source extended condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and to the governments and people of the Republic of Nigeria and the Federal Republic of Somalia, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
