Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast

[Stuart G]

Last edited Sun Oct 15, 2017, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: BBC

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say.

Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel.

It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the Islamist al-Shabab group launched its insurgency in 2007.

President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed blamed the attack on them, calling it a "heinous act".

No group has yet said it was behind the bombing.


Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41621660

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/15/mogadishu-truck-bomb-deadliest-single-attack-ever-in-somalia/

According to the above link at the London Telegraph, the death toll is 276. Officials say that about 300 were injured...for more info and pictures, hit above link.

[Igel]

1. Ah, misguide youth.

Or "misguided shabaab."

Whichever.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Somalia attack: Death toll from Mogadishu twin truck bombing rises to more than 300 people

The death toll from a truck bombing in Mogadishu is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service has said, as Somalia reeled from the deadliest attack in a decade.

The toll has steadily risen since Saturday, when the blasts - for which no organisation has claimed responsibility - struck at two busy junctions in the heart of the city.

"We have confirmed 300 people died in the blast. The death toll will still be higher because some people are still missing," Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of the city's ambulance service, told Reuters.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/somalia-attack-mogadishu-al-shabaab-kill-people-list-death-toll-africa-a8002481.html