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Somalis Grasp For Answers After 'Deadliest Single Attack Somalia Has Ever Faced'

More than 300 people died in a truck bombing that rocked the country's capital on Saturday — and it's likely that staggering death toll will rise further. Amid the rubble, difficult questions remain.
Somali soldiers and rescue workers on Sunday inspect the scene of the truck bomb explosion in Mogadishu. / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB / Getty Images

The initial numbers were staggering — and they grew ever more devastating as rescue workers sifted through debris: More than 300 people dead. At least 300 people injured. A blast area the size of "two or three football fields," as one witness told The Guardian.

The truck bombing in Mogadishu on Saturday — which tore through one of the Somalian capital's busiest intersections, at one of its busiest.

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