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Suicide attack with car bomb in Somalia leaves at least 78 dead

2019-12-28T14:32:06.552Z


A car bomb exploded at a busy intersection outside the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, on Saturday. At least 78 people died and 125 more were injured.


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(CNN) - At least 78 people were killed and 125 more were injured after a 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 free local service of ambulances.

Earlier, government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar told CNN that the attacker drove his vehicle to the “Ex-control Afgoye” checkpoint, a well-known crossing linking southern Somalia with the capital.

Mukhtar added that university students were among the dead.

The attack occurred during rush hour in the Somali capital at approximately 8 am local time, and both civilians and soldiers are among the dead, police said.

Police conduct security searches at the checkpoint, but there is also a tax office located nearby and the area is heavily populated by civilians and security forces.

Police warned that the death toll could increase as many of the injured were taken to hospitals.

The images of the scene show multiple shattered vehicles with fragments of twisted metal nearby, as well as a minibus marked with blood.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu confirmed that two Turkish citizens had died in the attack.

"May Allah's mercy be with our 2 citizens and our innocent Somali brothers and sisters who lost their lives in the heinous terrorist attack," Çavuşoğlu wrote on his Twitter account. He added that Turkey will continue to support Somalia in the fight against terrorism.

In February, the Al-Shabaab group claimed a car bomb attack in a busy shopping center that killed at least 10 people. He was also behind three car bomb attacks last November that killed at least 52 people with about 100 more injured.

Journalist Omar Nor reported from Mogadishu. CNN Rajak and Sharif Paget in Atlanta and CNN Lauren Said-Moorhouse in London also contributed to this report.

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Source: cnnespanol

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