Turkey sends medics to Mogadishu

Military cargo plane from Turkey landed in Mogadishu on December 29 to evacuate people badly wounded in a truck bombing a day earlier that killed at least 90 people, including two Turkish nationals.

The injured from a deadly explosion in Mogadishu are being taken to a Turkish Air Force aircraft for medical evacuation to Turkey. The plane is also carrying medicines to treat the 100 or so people injured in the car bomb attack. pic.twitter.com/8jIDHidJeV

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 29, 2019

The plane also brought emergency medical staff and supplies, according to a tweet from the Turkish embassy, adding these had been transported to a Turkish-run hospital in Mogadishu.

#Turkey has lost doctors, engineers and embassy staff to Al-Shabaab’s attacks in #Somalia. Despite facing such losses, it has remained a firm supporter of the 🇸🇴 people, the first to respond when disaster strikes. A true, friend. May Allah grant the departed 🇹🇷 Janatul Firdous. pic.twitter.com/NBiVPaXiKG

— Abdulaziz Billow Ali (@AbdulBillowAli) December 29, 2019

Somali Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir Mareye told state media that 10 badly injured Somalis would be evacuated to Turkey. He added that Turkey had sent 24 doctors to treat those wounded who would stay in the capital.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A Turkish military cargo plane landed in the Somali capital on Sunday to evacuate people badly wounded in a devastating truck bombing in the city a day earlier that killed at least 90 people, including two Turkish nationals. https://t.co/Sqt8tRMBmv

— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) December 29, 2019