SkyscraperCity Forum banner

October 14

187 Views 3 Replies 3 Participants Last post by  Geeldora

The Zoobe K5 Junction street in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has been renamed the October 14 Junction after last Saturday’s deadly bomb blast that claimed the lives of over 300 people.
The Mayor of Mogadishu, Thabit Abdi said a memorial wall will be erected to honour the victims of the bomb blast which left about 400 people injured with critical cases transferred to Turkey, Kenya and Sudan for treatment.
“We are doing this because we don’t want to forget this tragedy. Its part of our history … We remember them as our heroes. We and the next generations will remember them as heroes,” he told local media Radio Dalsan.
Saturday’s explosion hit a busy junction in Mogadishu killing civilians including doctors and students. The world sympathised with Somalia as they received aid and emergency response from over a dozen countries.
We are doing this because we don’t want to forget this tragedy. Its part of our history … We remember them as our heroes. We and the next generations will remember them as heroes.
No group has claimed responsibility but the Somali government points fingers at Islamist group al Shabaab
See less See more
1 - 4 of 4 Posts
May as well erect a massive war memorial while they are at it.
May as well erect a massive war memorial while they are at it.
This is basically to commomerate the deadliest terror attack in Mogadishu. National war memorial on the other hand will need the consent of the entire nation from Ras Aseyr to Ras kamboni to decide.
Building a wall shouldn't even be a priority right now. There are other immediate and necessary needs and those must be tackled before embarking this western style memorial nonsense. He should rather give the money for the wall to the bombing victims.
1 - 4 of 4 Posts
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top