AT LEAST 100 KILLED, 300 HURT IN MOGADISHU CAR BOMBINGS

Sun 30 October 2022:

According to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, two vehicle bomb explosions in the country’s capital Mogadishu have resulted in at least 100 fatalities and 300 injuries.

Mohamud told reporters on Sunday that he expected the death toll from the twin explosions to increase further and that the al-Shabab armed group was responsible for the strikes.

Death toll climbs to 100, over 300 hurt in the nasty bombings at Sobe junction, says president @HassanSMohamud, adding the fatalities likely to rise. “We will defeat and we already defeated this radical group,” the Head of State said after visiting the site of the terror attack. pic.twitter.com/VcobTx3CgR

— SONNA (@SONNALIVE) October 30, 2022

Authorities said that a school and the Somali education ministry were the targets of the attack on Saturday at the busy Sobe intersection.

The ministry was struck by the first explosion, and the second explosion happened as ambulances and onlookers flocked to aid the injured, police officer Nur Farah told the Reuters news agency.

The United Nations Mission in Somalia condemned Saturday’s “vicious attack” and extended its condolences to the families of the victims. Turkey condemned the “heinous” attack, while Qatar – firmly rejecting violence and “terrorism” – expressed its condolences and wished the wounded a speedy recovery.

The explosions took place in the same area as Somalia’s deadliest attack, which claimed more than 500 lives in October 2017. A truck bomb detonated outside a busy hotel at the K5 junction, which is surrounded by government buildings, eateries, and shops, in that bombing.

Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab, which has been engaged in combat in Somalia for more than ten years, wants to overthrow the current administration and install its own system of governance based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

The group employs a bombing campaign in Somalia and elsewhere, and its victims have included hotels, shopping malls, and popular intersections in addition to military posts.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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