Explosions inside Mogadishu mosque kill at least 30

[icymist]

The Associated Press

Date: Saturday May. 1, 2010 12:51 PM ET

MOGADISHU — Two bombs exploded inside a small mosque in Mogadishu's main market on Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the first Iraq-style bombing inside a house of worship in Somalia, officials said.

The blasts in the Bakara market went off while people were sitting inside the Abdala Shideye mosque waiting for noon prayers. The bombings highlight the increasingly violent path Somali militants are taking following an influx of insurgents into the country from the Afghanistan conflict, fighters who are now training Somali militants.

The targeted mosque is tiny -- only about 25 square yards (meters) -- and sits in a crowded market among electronic shops. Rugs that line the mosque floor were set on fire, and streaks of blood and black smoke charred the walls.

"It was very horrific. The blood was every where. Human flesh cut into pieces scattered every where in the mosque. I could hardly stay there," said Abdulahi Nuur, who attended to the dead and wounded.

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