35 Somali victims arrive in Turkey for treatment
A Turkish military plane carrying 35 people wounded in a massive truck explosion in Somalia has arrived in Turkey. The plane also brought 34 people to accompany the victims. The wounded will be treated at hospitals in the capital, Ankara.
Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag told reporters that 13 victims are in serious condition. The minister said three of the wounded were children. At least 300 people were killed and hundreds seriously injured in an attack blamed on militant group al-Shabaab.
The scale of the loss makes the attack, which involved a truck packed with several hundred kilograms of military-grade and homemade explosives, one of the most lethal terrorist acts anywhere in the world for many years.
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