A car bomb ripped through a market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and injuring around 50, officials said, days after Somalia elected a new president. The car was driven by a suicide bomber, said Ahmed Abdulle Afrax, the mayor of Wadajir district where the bombing happened. The powerful blast was the first major attack since Somalia’s new president was elected on February 8. Traders try to salvage their goods after the suicide bomb explosion in Mogadishu on Sunday. People stand near a car destroyed in the suicide bomb explosion in Mogadishu on Sunday.

Source: Hindustan Times February 19, 2017 15:33 UTC