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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 17 Oct 2017

    Somali bomb victims http://bbc.in/2kURbv0 pic.twitter.com/XDkmoVcYx0

    11:15 AM - 17 Oct 2017
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    • Nikki Gagnon ThinkingThing Goran Kamal Charmy Thierry Balla Natty man Ángela Perversa Mohamed Africa munnah
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      2. ...im‏ @Imrankiberu 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Sad tht when 3 people are killed in london we hv harsh tags and when more than 100 are killed in somalia no one cares..not even a head line

        1 reply 4 retweets 9 likes
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      1. Andy Lau‏ @stemduncun 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Gone too soon, vibrant young men and women who could transform the economy.

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      2. Abu Ammar‏ @nurudeen4all 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        May there soul rest in peace.

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      3. E N E G B A N I‏ @AchileEbikwo 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @nurudeen4all @BBCAfrica

        May THEIR...

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      1. E N E G B A N I‏ @AchileEbikwo 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Young and beautiful lives snuffed out because of some stupid ideology and sickening sectarian orientation.

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      1. L'Afrique‏ @Netsbridge 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        May the souls of the dead of recent bombings in #Mogadishu, #Somalia, RIP. One of these days sadness will seize & tears wiped away. #Africa

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      1. FatimaahM‏ @FatimaahJM 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This idea that certain global south spaces in particular #africa, our tears are not as salty needs to change. Can I see a #somalilivesmatter

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      1. baboucarr senghore‏ @babs17GRTS 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @sikenye

        May their souls Rest In Peace. Ameen.

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      1. Abubakar Sadiq‏ @shadado 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The bombers should be ashamed of themselves. It's so callous that no one is claiming responsibility. Why this senseless killing?

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      2. xoxo‏ @Msbukki 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I can't even begin to look at these pictures without breaking down in tears and thinking about man's inhumanity to man.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Ibtisam Jamal‏ @IbtisamHamid 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The world might have turned a blind eye on Somalia but ALLAH has not.

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      1. Ifalade Oloruntoba‏ @IfaladeO 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's so unfortunate seeing Africa waste so many beautiful people

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      1. James Jr‏ @Jay82567760 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Not fear

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      1. barad joel‏ @joelbarad2016 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        RIP

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      1. Dickens‏ @DickensMuhwezi4 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Beautiful young souls. May they always rest in peace! #GivePeaceAchance

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      1. Miriam‏ @MiriSyl 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Too sad! May God rest the souls of the departed

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      1. Teboho Mosoeu‏ @teboho_mosoeu 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        These are young civilians it is sad

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      1. Ndodo Hassan‏ @barack_hassan 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Very disheartening for young lives to be short cut and to come to an abrupt end like this

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