[ShabelleMedia] Several blasts at a popular open-air market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 10 people and left many others injured on Tuesday, local residents told Rooters.
"I have counted 10 dead people and 15 others injured. My shop is completely destroyed. The blasts took place in four places in the center of the market," Hassan Ali, a trader at the Bakara market told Rooters.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the blasts but Islamist group al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...frequently carries out bombings in Somalia and elsewhere.
The government was not immediately available for comment.
"I can say no more!"
Bakara, Mogadishu’s largest market, teems with traders and is where most residents buy their food, clothes, medicine, electronics and other items daily.
Residents told Rooters several blasts went off, destroying many shops. Three nurses at Erdogan Hospital in Mogadishu told Rooters over 20 injured people had been brought to the facility.