<span style="color: #222222;">In Somalia, a Turkish military plane arrived in Mogadishu today to evacuate those gravely wounded in a devastating bombing that killed 79 people yesterday and overwhelmed local health services.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The aircraft also brought doctors to help treat about 125 people injured in the blast. The blast occured when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a busy security checkpoint.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''No group has claimed responsibility for the bloody attack. However Somalia's President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has blamed Islamist group Al-Shabaab for the attack. They regularly carries out car bombings and other attacks in their decade-long bid to topple the internationally-backed government.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Saturday's bombing was the deadliest attack since a truck exploded in 2017 near a fuel tanker, creating a fireball that killed over 500 people.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | December 29, 2019 6:05 PM
Turkish military plane arrives to evacuate Somalia bomb victims