Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 17-10-2017
As the death toll in the in the massive truck bomb that claimed the lives of more than 300 people in Somalia’s capital continues to rise, many have questioned the lack of collective outrage.
Another 400 are injured in the deadliest attack in Somalia’s history and one of the world’s worst attack in years.
Somalia’s government has blamed the attack on the al-Shabaab extremist group, which has not commented.
With nearly 70 people still missing and hospitals running out of blood, many are angry and have questioned the lack of condemnation for the attack.
Social cohesion activist Yusuf Abramjee tweeted “A bomb blast killed hundreds. Why wasn’t #IAmMogadishu trending?” While Eke van Victor wrote: “The world is unfair; social media can attest to that. 276 died in Somalia and we aren’t doing the same thing we did when it was Las Vegas.”
A bomb blast killed hundreds. Why wasn’t #IAmMogadishu trending?
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) October 17, 2017
The world is unfair, Social media can attest to that. 276 died in Somalia and we aren’t doing the same thing we did when it was Las Vegas
— Eke van Victor (@EkeVanVictor) October 16, 2017
Al Jazeera reports some were also concerned by the low level of media coverage compared with other horrendous attacks.
Commentator and law professor Khaled Beydoun noted that a bomb attack in Manchester, a northern British city, was covered more widely. He tweeted: “The # of people killed in Somalia yesterday was 10x more than the # killed in Manchester in May (230 to 22). But it got 100x less coverage.”
The # of people killed in Somalia yesterday was 10x more than the # killed in Manchester in May (230 to 22)
But it got 100x less coverage
— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) October 16, 2017
Muted international condemnation has poured in, with the United States calling the attack “cowardly” and the United Nations special envoy to Somalia calling it “revolting.”
Meanwhile International aid is arriving in Somalia in response to Saturday’s massive truck bomb.
A United States military plane landed in Somalia’s capital on Tuesday with medical and humanitarian aid supplies.
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