Somali government to pay medical bills for victims of Sunday’s deadly car bomb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Somalia’s newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has pledged his government will pay the hospital bills of the victims of Sunday’s deadly car bomb which also claimed over 30 lives.

A car loaded with explosives parked near a restaurant in Kawa-Godey market of Mogadishu’s Wadajir district, went off killing over 30 people including a family of twelve members leaving behind injuries of more than 60 people with some in critical conditions.

“I want to say as the president of the nation, the government will pay the health care of the wounded people in the barbaric attack and bereaved families will be helped constantly” said president Farmaajo who visited the victims at Madina Hospital.

President Mohamed condemned the blast in a tweet, saying that it shows the “cruelty” of Al-Shabaab.

The explosion destroyed shops around the place leaving in its wake death and destruction in the small market.

The powerful explosion was the first major attack since Somalia’s new president was elected on Feb.8.

Although no group has yet claimed responsibility, it bears the hallmarks of Al-Shabaab which denounced the new president as an “apostate” and vowed to continue fighting against his government.