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‘More than 20’ killed in Mogadishu car bomb: police
MOGADISHU, Dec 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A massive car bomb blast left more
than 20 people dead and many others wounded in the Somali capital Mogadishu
on Saturday, police and witnesses said.
“The blast was devastating, and I could confirm more than 20 civilians
killed, there were many more wounded, but the toll can be higher,” said
police officer Ibrahim Mohamed.
“I have counted twenty-two dead bodies, all of them civilians and there
were more than thirty others wounded, this was dark day,” said Ahmed Moalim
Warsame, who witnessed the explosion.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1539 hrs