Pope Francis deplores Mogadishu terror attack

VATICAN CITY- 18 October 2017: Vatican Pope Francis has condemned the terrorist attack that killed over 300 people, including children, in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Vatican Radio website reported Wednesday.

“This terrorist act , he said during the weekly general audience, deserves to be most strongly deplored, also because it falls on a population that is already suffering deeply”.

The Pope said he is praying for the dead, for the wounded, for their families and for the whole people of Somalia.