The president of somalia has blamed al shabaab militants for a deadly bomb attack but said they wouldnt succeed in demoralising the somali people. 70 people died and many more were injured in the capital mogadishu. Our africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports. Moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. Smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have been a massive car bomb. Shocked civilians move in to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured. Within minutes, emergency workers were at the scene. Somalia, plagued by violence for decades, is still wrestling with extremism. The countrys president quic
Somalias president says his country will not be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than 70 people. Translation you will never succeed in discouraging the Somali People and their government and you will never stop us from achieving our goals in developing and rebuilding our country. Democratic president ial contender joe biden says theres no legal basis to force him to testify at Donald Trumps impeachment trial. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The president of somalia has blamed al sha baab militants for a deadly bomb attack but said they wouldnt succeed in demoralising the Somali People. 70 people died and many more were injured in the capital mogadishu. Our africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. Smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have been a massive car bomb. Shocked civilians move in to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many stud
The president of somalia has blamed al shabaab militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed about 70 people. But Mohamed Abdullahi farmajo said they wouldnt succeed in demoralising the somali people. The explosion took place at a security checkpoint in the south west of the capital mogadishu. Its being reported that at least 16 of those killed were university students. Our africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports. Moments after the blast, an eyewitness films the scene. Smoke still billowing from a vehicle, the remains of what is thought to have been a massive car bomb. Shocked civilians move in to look for survivors. The attack was timed to catch the morning rush hour in mogadishu. Many students had been heading to classes. Dozens were killed when the bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the somali capital. Attacks like this are not unusual here, but they are seldom so deadly. This man said the blast caught him as he was getting out of a minibus heading to work, his leg injured
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A raid on an army base. Typhoon 5 fun seeps through the philippines causing havoc with strong winds and heavy rain. We begin this news hour in Northern Syria where thousands of people are fleeing the last rebel stronghold of lib province Syrian Government forces and their russian allies are closing in on the city of mar at newman other parts of italy but been under attack for weeks now while that goes on many syrians are in search of safer conditions for their families thousands are heading towards turkey the violence has displaced more than 130000 people this month alone. Till now the only model may god take revenge on all those who caused this what have we done to deserve this what have we done i plead to god for mercy god to punish them for displacing us accusing all of this for humiliating us for gods sake with being good to live. Oh mama dog joins us from. Turkeys border with syria a moment weve seen this unfolding for several days now this increasingly worsening humanitarian cris