Somalia: Death Toll Mounts After Mogadishu Palace Attack

24 February 2018

Dozens of people were killed in twin car bomb blasts in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu, in what appears to have been a foiled attack on the presidential palace. Islamist militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility.

The number of deaths from Friday's twin car bomb explosions in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, rose to at least 38, according to officials on Saturday.

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