MOGADISHU (HRNW) – Eight people were killed in a car bombing near a school in Somalia s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said, the latest attack claimed by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the troubled country.
Anguished parents rushed to the scene of the blast, which wrecked the school building, as injured students were taken to hospitals around the city.
The explosion hit at around 7:30 am, just as children were settling down for their first lessons, principal Yusuf Hussein Abdi told news agency.
In seconds, wooden beams and tin sheets came crashing down on the young pupils, as some of the walls gave way.
“You can understand how it feels when many students, mostly children, came under attack as school rooms collapsed,” Abdi said.
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