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SomaliaQali Ibrahim, 18, had just been married for 4 months when her husband died in the bombing of Mogadishu on the morning of December 28.
The panicked Ibrahim called her husband's cell phone consecutively while his ears were buzzing because of the sound of a bomb blast near her home in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Muktar Abuka, 35-year-old husband, left a few minutes earlier to get to work.
Ibrahim put his head into the role of his sister-in-law at Medina hospital Photo: Reuters.
"The phone number you just dialed cannot be reached," Ibrahim only received this message and recorded in the phone. Hours passed before she knew the worst nightmare of her life and hurried to Mogadishu's largest Medina hospital, Ibrahim recalled.
Ibrahim and his sister-in-law were asked to see a series of unidentified corpses after a bloody bomb explosion. The trembling 18-year-old girl pulled the shroud on the first body she saw and realized it was her husband thanks to the deep scar on her finger.
"We were together last night. It was painful," the third-pregnant pregnant woman cried bitterly and collapsed on her husband's shoulder.
A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Mogadishu on the morning of December 28, killing at least 90 people, including civilians and soldiers. Somali government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar said the driver drove to a populated area and detonated the bomb.
Field images show many cars burned down with dented frames. This is the most dangerous attack in Somalia in more than two years.
Pro-al-Qaeda terrorist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the bombing. It has been the culprit of several attacks in Mogadishu since 2006, targeting various government and military targets, prompting many international aid workers, journalists, civilian leaders and security forces. keep peace killed.
Two weeks ago, at least five people were killed after Al-Shabaab attacked a hotel in Mogadishu. The group in February also claimed responsibility for a car bombing in a shopping center that killed 10 people. Al-Shabaab was also behind three car bombings last November that left at least 52 people dead and about 100 injured.
