Security personnel clear Mogadishu checkpoint blast that killed at least 61

Record ID: 1450598

  • Title: Security personnel clear Mogadishu checkpoint blast that killed at least 61
  • Date: 28th December 2019
  • Summary: PHOTOGRAPH OF SCENE OF BOMB BLAST / CHARRED VEHICLES / SECURITY PERSONNEL OBSERVING PHOTOGRAPH OF SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING PAST CHARRED VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPH OF PEOPLE LOOKING OUT CHARRED VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPH OF AMBULANCE AT SCENE OF BLAST PHOTOGRAPH OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CARRYING BODY BAG PHOTOGRAPH OF MAN STANDING NEAR BLAST SITE PHOTOGRAPH OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CARRYING BODY BAG TO AMBULANCE PHOTOGRAPH OF PEOPLE ATTENDING TO BODY NEAR AMBULANCE PHOTOGRAPH OF WOMAN CRYING / PEOPLE LOOKING AT SCENE
  • Embargoed: 11th January 2020 10:47
  • Keywords: Al-Qaeda-lined Islamist group Horn of Africa Mogadishu Somalia al Shabaab bomb blast
  • Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
  • City: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
  • Country: Somalia
  • Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA002BBW272F
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An explosion at a bustling checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday (December 28) killed at least 61 people and wounded dozens, an ambulance service official said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks.
    Rescuers carried dead bodies past the twisted wreckage of a vehicle and minibus taxis smeared with blood.
    No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast as authorities expect the death toll to rise.
    Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab regularly carries out such attacks in an attempt to undermine the government, which is backed by the United Nations and African Union troops. Al Shabaab has also carried out attacks in east African countries such as Kenya and Uganda.
    The most deadly attack blamed on al Shabaab was in October 2017 when a bomb-laden truck exploded next to a fuel tanker in Mogadishu, creating a storm of fire that killed nearly 600 people.
    (Production: Feisal Omar, Michael Fiorentino)
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