摩加迪沙附近爆炸造成20人喪生

A massive truck bomb exploded outside Mogadishu's new seaport Sunday morning, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens of others.

The militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast that occurred in a parking lot near the entrance of Mogadishu's port, causing huge damage to the surrounding areas.

Mogadishu residents said the blast could be heard across the city, and pictures of black smoke from the scene were circulated on social media.

A Mogadishu's regional administration spokesman told VOA's Somali service that most of the victims were civilians.

Mogadishu's seaport is run by Al-Bayrak, a Turkish company that has a 20-year agreement with the Somali government to upgrade and manage the operations of the port. It is unclear if any of the Turkish nationals were hurt.星期天早上，索馬里首都摩加迪沙郊外新海港外發生一起嚴重卡車炸彈襲擊事件，至少20人死亡，幾十人受傷。

索馬里極端組織青年黨表示，他們對這次爆炸事件承擔責任。這次爆炸發生在摩加迪沙港口入口處附近的停車場，爆炸對周圍地區造成了嚴重破壞。

摩加迪沙居民說，城市另一端都能聽到爆炸聲，現場滾滾濃煙的照片在社交媒體上流傳。

摩加迪沙地方政府發言人告訴美國之音索馬里語言組說，受害者大部分是平民。

摩加迪沙港的經營者是土耳其的“巴拉克公司”，該公司同索馬里政府簽署了20年協議，負責對港口進行改造和管理。目前尚不清楚是否有土耳其人傷亡。