At least 20 killed in Mogadishu bomb carnage

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

MOGADISHU (AFP) — A roadside bomb ripped through a group of female street cleaners in Mogadishu Sunday, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens, most of then women, witnesses and medical sources told AFP.

The explosion went off in the southern K4 neighbourhood as dozens of women supported by local NGOs gathered to sweep the area, leaving scenes of carnage in the street.

"They were cleaning the street when this huge explosion rocked the entire neighbourhood. I counted 15 bodies, most of them are women who were torn to pieces," eyewitness Hasan Abdi Mohamed said.

Mohamed said the explosion wounded around 40 people.

The blast was one of the deadliest incidents to hit civilians in the restive Somali capital in weeks and local residents rushed...