A Massive Explosion In Somalia Kills At Least 79 People

Saturday morning at a check point in Somalia a huge blast rocked the capital city of Mogadishu. At least 79 people have been killed and dozens more injured.

The explosion was caused by a vehicle packed with bombs. The attackers were targeting the morning rush hour near a busy tax collection center. Two checkpoints are set up that control all entry and exit from the city, the vehicle was set up near one of those checkpoints.

Ismail Mukhtar a spokesman for the government said the dead include more than a dozen university students and numerous police officers.

Police Sergeant Osman Abdulle recounted what he was doing and what he saw;

“When the explosion happened I was coming out of a nearby tea shop. With my own eyes, I have seen pieces of human beings and blood scattered around. I have collected the bodies of my fellow policemen, who I recognized. I have also seen a university bus reduced to ashes.”

A grime sight to see to say the least. No one has claimed the attack as of yet. Our thoughts and prayers here at IMU Media go out to all the family members and friends of the innocent people that were viciously attacked.

(Cover photo courtesy of the Boston Globe, video courtesy of YouTube and Washington Post, source Washington Post)