MOGADISHU, Somalia - A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Saturday morning, killing at least 78 people including many students, authorities said. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed condemned the attack as “heinous“ but did not mention the likely culprit, the al-Shabab extremist group, by name. Most of those killed were university and other students returning to class, Mayor Omar Mohamud Mohamed said at the scene. Two Turkish brothers were among the dead, Somalia’s foreign minister said. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Al-Shabab was blamed for the truck bombing in Mogadishu in October 2017 that killed more than 500 people.

Source: thestar December 28, 2019 06:35 UTC