Death Toll Up to 27 in Central Somalia Bombings

The death toll from Sunday's double suicide car bombing in central Somalia has risen to 27, with nearly 90 others injured, according to doctors. The director of the Galkayo Medical Center, Dr. Abdulkadir Mohamud Jama says the wounds sustained by the victims are unusually complicated. “One person, a man, is paralyzed, some have lost eyes, some with broken bones, some suffered injuries in the abdomen,” he told VOA. He said all of the injuries were caused by shrapnel. He said most...

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