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Turkish Military Plane Arrives to Evacuate Somalia Bomb Victims

Agence France-Presse

   MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - A Turkish military plane arrived in Mogadishu on
   Sunday to evacuate those gravely wounded in a devastating bombing that
   killed 79 people and overwhelmed local health services, in the latest
   attack on a city dogged by insecurity.

   The aircraft also brought doctors to help treat the some 125 people
   injured in Saturday's blast, which happened when a vehicle packed with
   explosives detonated at a busy security checkpoint.

   No group has claimed the bloody attack, however Mohamed Abdullahi
   Farmaajo has blamed Islamist group Al-Shabaab which regularly carries
   out car bombings and other attacks on the capital, in their decade-long
   bid to topple the internationally-backed government.

   Saturday's bombing was the deadliest since truck exploded in 2017 near
   a fuel tanker, creating a fireball that killed over 500 people.

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