Death toll from two car bombs outside Education Ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu rises to at least 100, with 300 others wounded, says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Security personnel and ambulances are stationed near destroyed and damaged buildings after car bombing targeted the Education Ministry in Mogadishu on October 29, 2022.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced the latest death toll on Sunday after two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart near the busy Zobe junction and followed by gunfire on Saturday, causing mass casualties."The ruthless terrorists killed mothers. Some of them died with their children trapped on their backs," he told reporters at a press briefing on Saturday, adding the attackers had targeted "students and other civilians".
The afternoon explosions shattered windows of nearby buildings, sent shrapnel flying and clouds of smoke and dust into the air."I saw huge smoke in the ministry area and there is massive destruction," another witness, Amino Salad, said.The attack happened at a busy junction where a truck packed with explosives blew up on October 14, 2017, killing 512 people and injuring more than 290.
The terror group remains a potent force in the troubled Horn of Africa nation despite multinational efforts to degrade its leadership.