Mogadishu — At least 276 people have been killed and 300 injured by a massive truck bomb that tore through a busy shopping district of Mogadishu, the government said Monday, making it the "deadliest attack ever" to hit war-torn Somalia. The figure was a huge jump from an initial police estimate of 20 dead in the hours after the deadly explosion ripped through the Somali capital on Saturday, causing scenes of carnage and widespread devastation. "Somalia Federal government confirmed that 276 people were killed in the blast … and 300 others wounded people were admitted at the different hospitals in Mogadishu," the country’s ministry of information said. "There is still national rescue operation," the ministry said in a statement, adding that there would be "national mourning and prayers for the victims" in the coming days. Police official Ibrahim Mohamed told AFP that many of the victims were "burnt beyond recognition" in what he described as "the deadliest attack ever." Rescuers worke...
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