Mogadishu

2022 - 10 - 29

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Two car bomb explosions rock Somalia's capital Mogadishu (Al Arabiya English)

Extremist group al-Shabaab frequently carries out bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere, but it was unclear if it was behind the latest blasts. “ ...

A Reuters journalist near the blast site said the two explosions occurred within minutes of each other and smashed windows in the vicinity. A driver and a first aid worker had been injured in the blast, he said. Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed or wounded scores of people on Saturday, police and the state news agency said.

Blasts hit Mogadishu - China.org.cn (China.org.cn)

MOGADISHU, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Three separate bomb blasts rocked Somali capital, Mogadishu on Saturday in the latest attack in the country, the police and ...

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Mogadishu car bombs leave 'scores of civilian casualties' (The Guardian)

Two explosions occur at same busy junction where al-Shabaab blasts killed 500 people five years ago.

One of the ambulances responding to the attack was destroyed by the second blast, Abdulkadir Adan said in a tweet. He said the second blast occurred in front of a busy restaurant. The attack on Saturday occurred five years after a massive blast at the same location killed hundreds of people.

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2 car bombs leave scores of casualties at an intersection in ... (NPR)

The attack came five years after a massive blast at the same location. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Police said the new attack occurred at the exact spot as the 2017 one. "I couldn't count the bodies on the ground due to the (number of) fatalities." He said the second blast occurred in front of a busy restaurant during lunchtime.

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