276 killed in massive truck bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia's worst-ever bomb attack
by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
Oct 16, 2017
3 minutes
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Hundreds of Somalis marched in the streets of Mogadishu on Sunday to protest a deadly blast that killed 276 people in a busy shopping district in the country's deadliest single bomb attack.
About 300 others were reported injured in the attack, Information Minister Abdirahman O. Osman said. It occurred when a truck carrying explosives detonated Saturday in a crowded street packed with cars and pedestrians, near government ministries and hotels.
Demonstrators on Sunday included
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