Published October 17, 2017
The Latest on deadly explosion in Somalia's capital (all times local):
4:20 p.m.
Kenya's foreign affairs minister says the country will airlift 31 people wounded in Somalia's deadliest attack for specialized treatment.
Amina Mohamed also says Kenya is dispatching 11 tons of medicine to help Somali hospitals that have been overwhelmed by the nearly 400 people injured in Saturday's truck bombing in Mogadishu. More than 300 people were killed.
Somalia's government has blamed the attack on the al-Shabab extremist group, which has not commented.
___
2 p.m.
A United States military plane has landed in Somalia's capital with medical and humanitarian aid supplies after Saturday's massive truck bombing killed more than 300 people.
A spokesman for the U.S. African Command tells The Associated Press that the charge d'affaires with the U.S. Mission to Somalia "declared that this disaster meets the criteria to warrant immediate U.S. government assistance" because of the widespread damage.
Another nearly 400 people were injured in the deadliest attack in Somalia's history and one of the world's worst attacks in years. Funerals have begun and dozens of critically injured have been airlifted to Turkey for treatment.
Somalia's government has blamed the attack on the al-Shabab extremist group, which has not commented.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/the-latest-kenya-airlifting-somalias-wounded-sending-aid