Kenyans donate blood for victims of Mogadishu bomb blast

Somali and Kenyans  turn up at Eastleigh in Kenya’s capital to donate blood for victims of the deadly Mogadishu bomb blast

Kenyan government say it will send 31 tonnes of medical supplies to mogadishu and evacuate some of victims of the bomb blast to Nairobi for treatment.

The campaign was launched by social activist and businessman Ahmed Mohamed to  support the over 300 somális injured after saturday’s bomb attack.

The blood donors gathered around the bloodmobile – a mobile blood donation center – which was parked by the main Eastleigh road for the exercise.

Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh who led the drive at the AMISOM Force Headquarters urged both officers and civilians to turn up in large numbers and donate blood to aid the bomb victims, Djibouti has sent 30 doctors to Somalia led by its health minister to help with emergency response.

Saturday’s explosion hit a busy junction in Mogadishu killing civilians including doctors and students. No group has claimed responsibility but the Somali government points fingers at Islamist group al Shabaab.