MOGADISHU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 358 people have been killed and 228 others injured following the twin bomb attacks a week ago in Mogadishu, a Somali government official confirmed on Friday evening.
Information Minister Abdirahman Osman told journalists that some 56 people are still missing following the deadly attack that also destroyed buildings and set vehicles ablaze.
Osman said that 99 victims were discharged from hospitals after treatment, but seven still remain in the hospitals at the moment.
Some 122 seriously injured people were airlifted for medical treatment in Turkey, Kenya and Sudan, said Osman.
On Oct. 14, a massive car bomb detonated outside the entrance to a hotel in the city's K5 junction, which is home to many government offices, hotels and restaurants. Later in the day, a second bombing was reported in the city's Madina district.
No group, including Al-Shabaab terror group which usually carries out such attacks, has claimed responsibility for the latest incident condemned by the international community.
The minister said security forces have rounded up several suspects in connection with the incident, which is one of the worst such attack to date in the capital.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has declared an all-out war on terrorism.
Mogadishu has suffered nearly three decades of violence.
The insurgents have stepped up their assault against the government and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) bases across the south and central parts of the Horn of Africa nation.
