Mogadishu: At least 100 people were killed in two car bombings on Saturday at a busy square in the capital, Somalia’s president said and the death toll could rise. In a statement at the blast site, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed told reporters early Sunday that about 300 others were injured. It was the deadliest attack in Somalia since a truck bombing at the same location in October 2017, which killed more than 500 people.
Somalia’s government has blamed the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab extremist group, which often targets the capital. The group does not claim responsibility when large numbers of civilians are killed.
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another attack on #Citizen Population extremists hostage and #Oil war in #somalia, i feel for #hoaThe wasted life and potential are heart-wrenching. I don’t want to share the horrific images sent to me because what’s the matter. We have all become insensitive to reality. pic.twitter.com/ShvyWoEphs— Economic Revolutionary (@Hamza_M_O_Egal) 29 October 2022
Somalia’s president, elected this year, said the country is “at war with al-Shabaab and we are winning”.
The government, along with militia groups, is engaged in a new offensive against extremists occupying large parts of the country.