276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history

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276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history

The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early today, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation.

The toll could continue to rise.
 
Will people mourn these strangers like they mourned the strangers in LA? Will they care at all?

276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history

The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early today, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation.

The toll could continue to rise.

Are you saying something negative about Africans and Islam? That's racist and Un-Diverse. Report yourself to the nearest Antifa for execution.
 
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Will people mourn these strangers like they mourned the strangers in LA? Will they care at all?

276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history

The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early today, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation.

The toll could continue to rise.

Are you saying something negative about Africans and Islam? That's racist and Un-Diverse. Report yourself to the nearest Antifa for execution.

I'm saying something about humanity.
 
Vegas is closer to home. I would think people in somalia would be more emotional about that attack than they would the one in LV as well.
 
al-Shabaab hits Mogadishu again...
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Latest Attack On Mogadishu Ends With At Least 23 Dead
October 29, 2017 - Somali security forces finally put an end to a deadly siege Sunday that had dragged on through the night at a hotel in Somalia's capital, but not before at least 23 people were killed. Al-Shabab claimed the attack as the Islamic extremist group wages a bloody insurgency in the country and elsewhere in Africa.
Among the dead: a mother and her three children, one of them a baby, say Somali police. The victims also include at least a dozen police officers, reports Reuters. Five militants stormed the building Saturday after a suicide truck bomber lingered at the gate, pretending to repair the vehicle before it blew up, reports The Associated Press. Once inside the Nasa-Hablod hotel, the attackers engaged security forces in a gun battle, with at least one militant detonating a suicide vest. Police say three attackers are dead and AP reports five have been captured alive. The police and intelligence chiefs have been fired in the wake of two brutal back-to-back attacks on the Somali capital, according to the wire service. Saturday's siege comes just two weeks after the deadliest attack ever in the country. On Oct. 14, twin bombings in Mogadishu took a staggering toll; more than 350 killed.

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Somali soldiers inspect the wreckage of vehicles after an attack claimed by al-Shabab left at least 23 dead in Mogadishu on Saturday.​

Nobody has laid claim to that attack, although the Somali government blames al-Shabab, a group the United States has designated a foreign terrorist organization. Mogadishu has been a frequent target of al-Shabab attacks as the group fights to overthrow the U.N.-backed government and seeks "the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia," according to the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank. In June the group performed a similar overnight siege at a pizza restaurant and nearby hotel that left dozens dead. It too began with a car bombing at the hotel's front gates. Al-Shabab has also launched more than 150 attacks in neighboring Kenya; among the deadliest were a 2015 assault on a university in Garissa that killed around 150 people and an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall in 2013 that left dozens dead.

There are thought to be up to 9,000 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia today, says CFR. Born in 2006, the al-Qaeda-affiliated group reached its peak in 2011, reigning over parts of Mogadishu, until African Union troops helped drive it out. Today the group controls parts of Somalia's rural southern and central regions, says CFR. NPR's East Africa correspondent Eyder Peralta has reported that Somalia will likely seek deeper involvement from the United States as it works to flush out the al-Shabab from its strongholds. After the Oct. 14 attack, the United States did step up its military response, reports AP, launching a drone strike against the group about 35 miles outside Mogadishu.

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Rescue workers survey the devastation on Sunday after a vehicle bomb was detonated outside a hotel the night before.​

And Somali Armed Forces along with African Union troops are readying a major offensive against the militants, reports Voice of America. Somali citizen Mohamed Muse tells VOA he has witnessed thousands of troops assembling. "We have seen unusual government military buildup. We have witnessed trucks carrying military supplies, technical vehicles mounted with heavy machine-guns."

Latest Attack On Mogadishu Ends With At Least 23 Dead
 
Will people mourn these strangers like they mourned the strangers in LA? Will they care at all?

276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history

The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early today, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation.

The toll could continue to rise.
it's just human nature to mourn a death in your immediate family than a neighbor's
same as a massive death toll in your country vs another country
 
US Orders Staffers to Leave Mogadishu Over 'Specific Threat'...
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US Orders Staffers to Leave Somalia Over 'Specific Threat'
November 04, 2017 - The United States has ordered all non-essential employees of its mission to Somalia to leave the capital, Mogadishu, citing “specific threat information” against them.
The statement issued Saturday by the U.S. State Department relates the threat information to Mogadishu International Airport, protected by African Union Troops and run by a Turkish firm. “Due to specific threat information against U.S. personnel on the Mogadishu International Airport, the U.S. Mission to Somalia has directed its non-essential U.S. citizen employees to depart Mogadishu until further notice,” said the statement.

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U.S. Marines raise the American flag over the reclaimed U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu.​

It also urged U.S. citizens who decide to remain in Somalia to be vigilant. “The Department of State urges all U.S. citizens who decide to remain in Somalia to review your personal security plans, take appropriate steps to enhance your personal safety, remain aware of your surroundings, monitor local media for updates, and maintain a high level of vigilance,” the statement reads.

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Peace Hotel, across from the main gate of Aden Adde International airport, Mogadishu, Somalia​

Speaking to VOA on the condition of anonymity, authorities at the airport said the threat information has been submitted to airport security and they do not know the specific threat. Brigadier General Abdi Ashkir Jama, the general manager of Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport — named after Aden Abdullah Osman, the first president of Somalia — was contacted by VOA, but he has declined to speak about it, referring the case to the Somalia’s security ministry.

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