Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs - Reuters

MOGADISHU, Oct 30 (Reuters) - At slightest 100 radical were killed and 300 injured successful 2 car bombs that exploded extracurricular the acquisition ministry successful Somalia's superior Mogadishu connected Saturday, the country's president said successful a connection aboriginal connected Sunday.

"Our radical who were massacred ... included mothers with their children successful their arms, fathers who had aesculapian conditions, students who were sent to study, businessmen who were struggling with the lives of their families," President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said aft visiting the tract of blast.

No 1 instantly claimed work for the attack, though the president blamed the Islamist radical al Shabaab. Al Shabaab typically avoids claiming work for attacks that results successful ample numbers of casualties.

The archetypal of the explosions deed the acquisition ministry adjacent a engaged junction successful Mogadishu. The 2nd occurred arsenic ambulances arrived and radical gathered to assistance the victims.

The blast question smashed windows successful the vicinity. Blood covered the tarmac conscionable extracurricular the building.

The onslaught took spot astatine the aforesaid spot arsenic Somalia's largest bombing, which killed much than 500, successful the aforesaid period successful 2017. In that blast, a motortruck weaponry exploded extracurricular a engaged edifice astatine the K5 intersection, which is lined with authorities offices, restaurants and kiosks.

Mohamud said the fig of victims could rise. He had instructed the authorities to supply contiguous aesculapian assistance to the injured, immoderate of whom were successful superior condition.

Reporting by Abdiqani Hassan; Writing by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by William Mallard

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