Two truck bombs have exploded in one of the busiest areas of Somalia’s capital, the same site that killed 300 people in another truck bombing in 2017.
At least 100 people died this Saturday and 300 were injured in the attack with two car bombs committed against the Ministry of Education in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as confirmed today by the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The ministry is located near intersection Zobe, also known as K-5 and one of the busiest in Mogadishu. The Zobe crossing was the same place where a attack with two truck bombs on October 14, 2017killing more than 500 people and injuring more than 300 in the worst terrorist attack in Somalia’s history.
“Our people who were slaughtered, including mothers with their children in their arms, fathers who suffered from medical conditions, students who were sent to study, businessmen who fought for the lives of their families,” said Mohamud, who blamed the jihadist gives. Al Shabab group, allied to Al Qaeda since 2012 of the “cruel and cowardly terrorist attack”.
Image after the attack in Mogadishu. Photo: EFE
President Mohamud declared “all-out war” on Aug. 23 to “eliminate” Al Shabab, whose members had seized a hotel in Mogadishu 30 hours earlier and killed 21 people.
Since then, several US-backed military operations have been conducted against the fundamentalists. Al Shabab often carries out terrorist attacks in Mogadishu and other parts of Somalia to overthrow the central government – backed by the international community – and forcibly establish a Wahhabi (ultra-conservative) Islamic State. The jihadist group controls the rural areas of central and southern Somalia and also attacks neighboring countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia.
Somalia has been living in a state of war and chaos since 1991, when dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown, leaving the country without an effective government and in the hands of Islamist militias and warlords.
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Source: EITB
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