At least 10 people killed and several others wounded in a car bomb blast on a busy street in Somalia's capital Mogadishu – police
FILE PHOTO: Civilians carry the dead body of a worker killed when Al Shabab militants stormed a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 23, 2019.
Security officials and witnesses reported bodies strewn on the ground as plumes of smoke rose high into the air after the bomb detonated on Mogadishu's Maka Al Mukarama road, one of the seaside capital's main thoroughfares, an area busy with businesses and travellers."The death toll we have confirmed so far is 11 people, with 16 others wounded," said Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, director of the Aamin Ambulance service, adding that the toll could still rise.
"I saw 16 people carried from the blast scene – and more than 10 of them were already dead," Osman added."I don't know whether they were dead or wounded, but I could see several people strewn in the street – some of them were motionless," said Suado Ahmed, another witness who was at the scene moments after the blast.
"There was a heavy blast – presumably caused by a vehicle loaded with explosives," said Adan Abdikadir, a government security officer.However, Mogadishu is regularly targeted by the Al Qaeda affiliated Al Shabab insurgents, who have been fighting for over a decade to topple the government.
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