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Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud warned Sunday that the death toll could rise after at least 100 people were killed and nearly 300 others wounded in car bomb attacks in a busy marketplace near the country’s education ministry.
The al Qaeda-linked terror group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Saturday’s twin blasts in Mogadishu, the deadliest since a truck bomb killed more than 500 people in October 2017.
Mr. Mohamud said the “cruel and cowardly” attacks on innocent people by the “morally bankrupt and criminal” al-Shabab group wouldn’t discourage his fellow Somalis.
“Our government and brave people will continue to defend Somalia against evil,” he posted in a Twitter message.
The twin blasts happened within minutes of each other.
