The two Somali sisters were studying to be doctors. They were in a minibus on their way to university on Saturday morning when their world exploded.
Now, 22-year-old Amina Mohamud is in critical condition. Her sister, 25-year-old Fadumo Mohamud, is dead. Their mother calls Saturday the darkest day of her life.
And the mother of Amina and Fadumo, Sharifo Roble, was distraught as her younger daughter was placed on a stretcher and wheeled toward a plane that would take more than a dozen other severely wounded people to Turkey for desperately needed care. Health authorities in Mogadishu have pleaded for blood donations to help treat the 125 people wounded in the bombing, which occurred after a weekend as the Muslim nation returned to school and work.
"We pray for those martyred in this attack to rest in heaven," said Somalia's security minister, Abukar Islow Duale, "and those who were injured to have quick recovery."
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