Qatar sent an aircraft equipped with medical staff to the Aden Adde International Airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu yesterday to help bring those injured in a targeted attack on officials in the Municipality of Mogadishu to Doha for medical treatment.

According to an official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the plane had 12 injured people on board, including the mayor of Mogadishu. This was in addition to 16 escorts, led by the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Somalia Khadijo Mohamed Diriye.

دولة قطر ترسل طائرة مزودة بتجهيزات وطاقم طبي متكامل إلى الصومال، لنقل 12 مصابا جراء الهجوم الانتحاري، الذي استهدف مسؤولين ببلدية مقديشو، إلى الدوحة لتلقي الرعاية الطبية اللازمة. #قنا pic.twitter.com/rPSoY0Rxvb

— وكالة الأنباء القطرية (@QatarNewsAgency) July 25, 2019

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Somalia Mahdi Mohamed Gulaid and Qatar's Ambassador to the Republic of Somalia Hassan bin Hamza Hashim welcomed the plane as it landed in Mogadishu.

Several ministers and deputies in the People's Assembly and Senate in Somalia and representatives of regional and international organizations accredited to Somalia were also present at the airport in the Somali capital to welcome the Qatar aircraft.

The suicide attack took place inside the office of the Mayor of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, only hours after a visit by the newly appointed United Nations envoy to the premises, reported Al Jazeera.

Secretary-General @antonioguterres strongly condemns the deadly terrorist attacks that took place in Mogadishu today. The @UN remains committed to supporting the people of Somalia in the pursuit of peace, stability and development. https://t.co/tKh8Su7xJ1

— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) July 25, 2019

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