The Exact Number of Death Toll in Somalia's Worst Bombing

A new report by an Emergency Investigation Committee claims that as many as 512 died in an October truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Somalia's Mogadishu bombing on 14th October was the worst in it's history. Alshabaab being blamed though it hasn't claimed responsibility[photo Courtesy]

An earlier death toll of 358 already made the October 14 bombing the deadliest terrorist attack in Somalia's history. No group claimed responsibility, but the Al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab militant group has been blamed.

         "The overall number of people we have recorded involved in the casualty are 869 persons: 512 are dead, 295 wounded and about 70 others are not yet confirmed if they were dead and or missing," Abdulahi Mohamed Shirwac, chairman of the Somali Emergency Operation Centre said.

The 11-member board was established to look into the October 14 bombing. The government has not commented on the report, which it received this week.

The huge October explosion levelled buildings in the capital's busy Kilometre 5 neighbourhood.