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The number of people killed by two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has risen to at least 120 people, the health minister says on Monday.

Civilians gather near the ruins of a building at the scene of an explosion along K5 street in Mogadishu, Somalia October 30, 2022.Civilians gather near the ruins of a building at the scene of an explosion along K5 street in Mogadishu, Somalia October 30, 2022.

The first of the explosions hit the education ministry at around 2 p.m. on Saturday.Health minister Ali Haji Aden says the death toll stood at 120, while a further 150 people were being treated in hospital. Al Shabaab, which is seeking to topple the government and establish its own rule based on an extreme interpretation of Islamic law, frequently stages attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere.

The al Qaeda-linked group has been under pressure since August when President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud began an offensive, supported by the United States and allied local militias, against them, and sought to dismantle their financial network.

 

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