Relatives and medical staff transport a wounded civilian on a stretcher at Medina hospital, following a twin car bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Two car bomb blasts rocked Somalia’s capital Friday evening, followed by gunfire, police said, and an ambulance service said more than a dozen had been killed. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press)MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two car bomb blasts in Somalia’s capital killed at least 18 people on Friday and shattered a months-long period of calm in Mogadishu, which is often the target of attacks by the al-Shabab extremist group. The explosions came a day after Somalia’s interior minister warned of an explosives-laden vehicle somewhere in the capital. The Aamin Ambulance service ferried 18 bodies and another 20 injured people after the blasts, director Abdirahman Abdulqadir told the AP.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 16:22 UTC