MOGADISHU – A Turkish military cargo plane has landed in the Somali capital on Sunday to evacuate people who were badly wounded in a truck bombing that killed at least 90 people, including two Turkish nationals.
The plane also brought emergency medical staff and supplies, the Turkish embassy said.
Somali information minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir Mareye said 10 Somalis who were badly wounded in Saturday’s blast would be evacuated to Turkey – which had sent 24 doctors to treat those wounded.
Saturday’s blast, at a busy checkpoint during rush hour in Mogadishu, was the deadliest in Somalia in over two years. No one immediately claimed responsibility, although authorities blamed al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab.(Reuters)
