A monument erected at the Zoppe junction Mogadishu in remembrance of the October 14, 2017 explosion that claimed over 500 lives. ABDULKADIR KHALIF | NATION MEDIA GROUP
To many people, October 14 will for a long time remain the darkest day in Somalia's recent history. It was the day Mogadishu, the capital of the war-torn Horn of Africa, state suffered its deadliest attack.
Though no group has claimed responsibility for the tragedy that claimed no fewer than 500 lives, the Somali government blamed the jihadist group, the Al-Shabaab, for the huge blast.
