{"id":22730,"date":"2017-02-21T07:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T07:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=22730"},"modified":"2017-02-21T07:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T07:21:45","slug":"death-toll-rises-39-mogadishu-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/death-toll-rises-39-mogadishu-blast.html","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll Rises to 39 in Mogadishu Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Death Toll Rises to 39 in Mogadishu Blast<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Death Toll Rises to 39 in Mogadishu Blast:- <\/strong>The death toll from Sunday&#39;s car bomb blast in Somalia&#39;s capital has climbed to 39, according to Mogadishu ambulance services.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The vast majority of those killed were civilians in the Kawo-Goday mini-market in the city&#39;s Wadajir district, officials said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Security officials say they suspect the vehicle was aiming for another target but was unable to reach it due to road closures and increased deployment of security forces ahead of the inauguration of the new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, on Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombing. Militant group al-Shabab has frequently targeted hotels and markets during its decade-long insurgency.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">President Farmajo promised Monday to give a large reward to anyone with information about car bomb plots.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;My promise to you as president, if you hear me, I will give you $100,000 if you report a car bomb plot before detonation,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">He also pledged to pay medical treatment for those injured and support the families of those who lost their lives in al-Shabab bombings.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Farmajo made the statement after visiting victims of Sunday&#39;s bombing in Mogadishu&#39;s Median hospital.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The president said 900 Somali civilians were killed in al-Shabab attacks last year.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/death-toll-rises-to-39-in-mogadishu-blast\/3732150.html<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/death-toll-rises-39-mogadishu-blast.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death Toll Rises to 39 in Mogadishu Blast Death Toll Rises to 39 in Mogadishu Blast:- The death toll from Sunday&#39;s car bomb blast in Somalia&#39;s capital has climbed to 39, according to Mogadishu ambulance services. 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