Mogadishu suicide attack kills over 100, including two Turkish nationals

Two Turkish nationals are said to be among over 100 casualties of a suicide blast that rocked the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, according to a statement by the Turkish amabassador in the country.

At least 100 civilians and government soldiers were killed and many more wounded when a suicide truck bomb targeted a security checkpoint in the capital Mogadishu.

The attack took place at the junction called Ex-Control Afgoye in a southwestern suburb of the capital during Saturday morning rush hour.

"Students traveling to schools and universities were among those killed in the attack," Ismail Mukhtar Orango, a Somali government spokesman, told Anadolu Agency after the attack.

The death toll is expected to rise as the victims who died in hospital have not yet been fully counted, he added.

Mogadishu resident Mahmoud Ali, 30, told Anadolu Agency that the attack was one of the deadliest he has seen in his lifetime.

Hussain Ibrahim, a police captain, told Anadolu Agency that an investigation is underway after the attack.

No group has yet claimed responsibility.

An Oct. 14, 2017 double truck bombing in Mogadishu blamed on terrorist group al-Shabaab killed at least 500 people, mostly civilians.