Mogadishu Blast: What We Know So Far
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A man runs from a massive explosion Sunday in front of the Safari Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. SAID YUSUF WARSAME / EPA |
"In our 10-year experience as the first responder in #Mogadishu, we haven't seen anything like this," the Aamin Ambulance service tweeted.
Photos from the scene. In our 10 year experience as the first responder in #Mogadishu, we haven't seen anything like this. pic.twitter.com/cNxeDD86u6— Aamin Ambulance (@AaminAmbulance) October 15, 2017
- At least 300 people believed to have been killed in Saturday's double car bombing in Mogadishu, making it the deadliest incident in Somalia's modern history.
- Somalia's Ministry of Information said 300 people remained in hospitals after the October 14 attack.
- No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks
- Al-Shabab earlier this year vowed to increase its attacks after both the Trump administration and Somalia’s recently elected president announced new military efforts against the group.
- Dr Mohamed Yusuf, the director of Mogadishu’s Medina hospital, said his staff had been “overwhelmed by both dead and wounded. This is really horrendous, unlike any other time in the past.”
- Investigators will seek to establish the source of the military-grade explosives. One source suggested they had been stolen from Amisom, the much-criticised African Union peacekeeping mission, which has about 20,000 troops in the country.
- The US mission to Somalia said: “Such cowardly attacks reinvigorate the commitment of the United States to assist our Somali and African Union partners to combat the scourge of terrorism.”
- Officials also confirmed that two people were killed in a second bomb attack in the Madina district of the city.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tweeted that he was "sickened" by the attacks.
- The President declared three days of mourning for the victims of the blast.
Further reading:#Somali President @M_Farmaajo donates his blood to help injuries of yesterday's barbaric attack from terrorists Al-Shabaab pic.twitter.com/OP0E3oQcag— Abdirahman O. Osman (@engyarisow) October 15, 2017
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