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At least 231 people have been killed after two bomb attacks struck Somalia's capital Mogadishu in the deadliest attack the country has ever seen.
Senator Abshir Abdi Ahmed says 275 others were injured, citing doctors at hospitals he has visited in Mogadishu.
A truck bomb exploded on Saturday outside a hotel at a busy intersection that is lined with government offices, restaurants and stalls, destroying buildings and setting cars on fire, police said.
Two hours later, a second blast struck the city's Medina district.
Doctors are struggling to assist hundreds of wounded victims, with many burnt beyond recognition, according to reports.
"The hospital is overwhelmed by both dead and wounded," said Dr. Mohamed Yusuf, director of Medina hospital.
"We also received people whose limbs were cut away by the bomb. This is really horrendous, unlike any other time in the past."
A mother of four, Zainab Sharif, lost her husband.
"There's nothing I can say. We have lost everything," she said.
http://news.sky.com/story/twin-bomb-...dishu-11082208
Senator Abshir Abdi Ahmed says 275 others were injured, citing doctors at hospitals he has visited in Mogadishu.
A truck bomb exploded on Saturday outside a hotel at a busy intersection that is lined with government offices, restaurants and stalls, destroying buildings and setting cars on fire, police said.
Two hours later, a second blast struck the city's Medina district.
Doctors are struggling to assist hundreds of wounded victims, with many burnt beyond recognition, according to reports.
"The hospital is overwhelmed by both dead and wounded," said Dr. Mohamed Yusuf, director of Medina hospital.
"We also received people whose limbs were cut away by the bomb. This is really horrendous, unlike any other time in the past."
A mother of four, Zainab Sharif, lost her husband.
"There's nothing I can say. We have lost everything," she said.
http://news.sky.com/story/twin-bomb-...dishu-11082208
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