On the fifth anniversary of the suicide bombing in Mogadishu, which killed some 500 people, the United Nations Friday joined Somalis and their government to remember the victims and survivors of the deadliest attack in the country’s history.
“Time may have passed but the widespread pain caused by this horrific attack remains, and our thoughts go out to those people who lost family and friends as well as to those who were injured,” said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan.
“The United Nations stands firmly with all Somalis in their tireless efforts to end terrorism and to advance Somalia on its path to peace and stability,” he added.
The 2017 attack which killed more than 500 people and injured more than 300 others, ranks as the deadliest ever bombing in Africa, involving the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
al-Shabaab which has been waging a bloody insurgency to introduce a puritanical brand of Islam had claimed responsibility for the explosion.
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