According to the authorities, the death toll from Saturday's twin bomb attack in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu has climbed to at least 100. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart near the busy Zobe junction followed by gunfire.
An Eye witness, Adam Hassan said, "I witnessed the first explosion then I fled the area. As I was in shock because of the first blast, another explosion rocked the same area. There are deaths and injuries, but I don’t know the exact number of the casualties".
Another witness, Ahmed Abukar, added, "I was in the attack area when the first explosion went off. After that, I ran away. I saw many dead people, but I don’t have the death and injuries toll. May Allah have mercy on the dead people and help the injured to recuperate".
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud denounced the attack and blamed the al Shabaab extremists. According to him, "So far, people who died have reached 100 and 300 are wounded, and the number for both the death and wounded continues to increase" (...) ". We and the Muslim Somali people are at war with these men (al Shabaab, Ed.). At the time we are talking, there is fighting against them (al Shabaab, Ed.) going on in many parts of the country. Whether it is Galmudug, Hirshabell, Southwest or Jubaland States".
For about 15 years now, the al Shabaab extremists have been seeking to overthrow the fragile foreign-backed government in Mogadishu. Its fighters were driven out of the capital in 2011 by an African Union forces but the group still controls large parts of the countryside.
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