Death toll has risen to 186 after a car bomb hit Mogadishu, Somali. Capital Sunday. A truck loaded with bomb exploded close to Safari Hotel by K5 intersection. his section of the city is said to be laced up with Government Offices and quarters.
Over 200 people are reportedly injured by the blast consequently hospital a battling to combat a large number of causalities moving at so an appalling frequency.
Authorities observed that many casualties died at the hospital from their wound even as death toll is expected to rise.
Red Cross confirmed the death of its four volunteer with the Somali Red Crescent. The explosion was so strong it blew even metal gates and extensively damaged Safari Hotel building.
Minutes after the first blast, a second vehicle bomb went off nearby. No
casualties have been reported from that second blast, according to
police says CNN.
So far no one has claimed responsibility for the blasts however,
There have been no claims of responsibility however, Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group, has carried out several deadly car bomb attacks in the city this within the past year.
Security
forces had been tipped off about the vehicle carrying explosives and
were pursuing it in the busy K5 district of the city when the explosion
happened, said Col. Ahmed Hassan of the Mogadishu police.
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