At least 100 people were killed in an attack with several car bombs in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday. At least three hundred people were injured. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said this in an interview with Shabelle Media.
The terrorist organization Al Shabaab is said to be behind the attack, authorities say. The targets were the Ministry of Education, a crossroads and a school.
“At 2 pm, Al Shabaab terrorists carried out two bomb attacks against civilians, including children, women and the elderly,” a police spokesman said. The state news agency SONNA he said the explosions caused “numerous civilian casualties, including independent journalist Mohamed Isse Kona”.
The first explosion hit the ministry and the second occurred when ambulances arrived and people gathered to help the victims, a police officer told the news agency. Reuters.
According to a reporter from Reuters who was on the scene, the two explosions occurred within minutes of each other. The blood of the blast victims covered the asphalt just outside the building, the reporter said.
Al Shabaab has been carrying out terrorist attacks in Somalia for 15 years. The group is fighting for a strict Islamic state. The deadliest attack was committed in 2017. When more than 500 people were killed by a heavy car bomb.
