Saturday, December 28, 2019

Car bomb kills 75 in Somalia

A police officer says a car bomb has detonated at a security checkpoint in Somalia's capital, killing at least 75 people.

Capt. Mohamed Hussein says the blast targeted a tax collection center during the morning rush hour in Mogadishu as Somalia returns to work after its weekend.

There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. However, the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab group often carries out such attacks.

The director of the private Aamin Ambulance services in Mogadishu, Abdukadir Abdirahman warned that the number of dead is likely to go higher.

"The number of casualties we have confirmed is 76 dead and 70 wounded, it could still be higher," Haji told AFP.

 


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