Car bomb targets Turkish contractors in Somalia, 15 injured

Car bomb targets Turkish contractors in Somalia, 15 injured
Date: 19.1.2020 14:00

At least 11 people were wounded in a bomb attack targeting a group of Turkish contractors on Saturday in northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu.

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According to the local reports, a youth gathering house in Yaqshid district was targeted in a grenade attack, 11 people were wounded, including 4 Turkish citizens.
 
The wounded, including three who sustained life-threatening injuries, were taken to hospital.
 
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
 
On 28 December 2019, a suicide truck bomber killed at least 85 people at a police check point in Mogadishu, Somalia. 
 
More than 140 others were wounded and, as of 31 December, 12 people remained missing. 
 
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on 30 December. 
 
The attack was the deadliest in Somalia since the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings, which killed 587 people.

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