MOGADISHU — As wounded men screaming for their mothers were brought into a Mogadishu hospital after a huge truck bomb on Saturday, doctors fought to save eight month-old Mohammed Hassan, whose mother was already dead. Two Turkish nationals were killed in the explosion, which took place as Turkish engineers visited a construction site near the checkpoint. Mohamed’s grandmother had left her tin shack to help the baby and his mother onto a minibus when the bomb went off. Mohamed’s mother was killed instantly. His grandmother, wounded in the legs, staggered towards the family’s home, clutching him and screaming for help before she collapsed.

Source: National Post January 01, 2020 11:37 UTC