VOA常速英语:索马里首都发生骇人爆炸袭击

This is VOA news. I'm Marissa Melton.
A huge vehicle bomb exploded in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu, today. According to AP, at least 80 people were killed in the blast at a busy intersection. AP correspondent Maria Shapley reports.
It was one of the deadliest attacks in Mogadishu in recent memory. The toll is likely to rise as scores of people are rushed to hospitals. University students were among those killed.

Police said the dead also included two Turkish nationals.
Officials said the blast targeted a tax collection center during the morning rush hour as Somalia returned to work after its weekend.
Images from the scene showed the mangled frames of vehicles and bodies lying on the ground.
There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab often carries out such attacks.
I’m Maria Shapley.