Car bomb kills dozens in Somali capital Mogadishu

[TomSea]

Car bomb kills dozens in Somali capital Mogadishu
28/12/2019

The death toll from a car bomb explosion at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital has risen to at least 76 people, according to an ambulance service official.

Police said the devastating blast targeted a tax collection center during the morning rush hour in Mogadishu as Somalia returned to work after its weekend.

"The number of casualties we have confirmed is 76 dead and 70 wounded, it could still be higher," the director of the private Aamin Ambulance service, Abdukadir Abdirahman Haji, told AFP.

Read more at: https://www.france24.com/en/20191228-car-bomb-rocks-somali-capital-mogadishu-killing-at-least-20?ref=tw_i

BNO, Breaking News Online has some video of the aftermath and other reporting:

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1210824186228199424

[Gefn]

Somalia suicide car bomb attack rocks capital, leaving at least 76 dead

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) — At least 76 people are dead and 70 more injured after a massive car bomb exploded at a busy intersection on the outskirts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday, according to Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, founder of a local free ambulance service.

Earlier, government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar told CNN that the attacker drove his vehicle into the "Ex-control Afgoye" checkpoint, a well-known junction that links the south of Somalia to the capital.

Mukhtar added that university students were among the dead.

The attack happened during rush hour in the Somali capital at about 8 a.m. local time, and both civilians and soldiers are among the dead, police said.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/28/africa/somalia-unrest-bombing-intl/index.html

[Wingnut]

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[mountaineer]

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