Twin blasts in Somalia’s capital kill hundreds

At least 100 Somalian children, women, and men died in the twin car bombings in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, Saturday; around 300 more were wounded, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said.

Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombings stating the education ministry receives support from non-Muslim countries, further adding the ministry “is committed to removing Somali children from the Islamic faith.”

This is the worst attack in Somalia since October 2017, when a truck bomb exploded at the same intersection taking more than 500 lives.

The White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement that the United States strongly condemned the “tragic terrorist attack,” and added that it is, “committed to supporting the Federal Government of Somalia in its fight to prevent such callous terrorist acts.”