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Somalia government soldiers carry an injured man from the scene of a suicide attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu October 4, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Feisal Omar By Abdi Sheikh and Mohamed Ahmed MOGADISHU | Tue Oct 4, 2011 11:56am EDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels struck at the heart of the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing scores of people with a truck bomb in the group's most deadly single attack since launching an insurgency in 2007. Mogadishu's ambulance coordinator Ali Muse said at least 70 people had been killed by the blast. Initial official estimates were lower, but were expected to rise as the dead and wounded had been taken to a number of sites in the capital. Witnesses said a truck exploded at the gate of a compound housing government ministries in the K4 (Kilometre 4) area of Mogadishu, where students and parents had gathered to await the results of scholarship exams. The twisted axle from the truck lay on blackened soil. A body draped with a red shawl lay nearby. People used corrugated iron, rugs and white sheeting to carry corpses away from the devastation at a normally bustling junction. Ambulances rushed to and fro past twisted, charred trees and a burned out car. Hundreds of parents stood weeping outside the Madina Hospital in Mogadishu after being denied access for security reasons and nurses said they were overwhelmed. "I was among the first people to arrive here moments after the explosion. I looked around and reassured those who were still alive," said witness Halma Abdi. Britain slammed the blast as "callous" while France said it was a "vile terrorist attack" and reasserted its support for the country's U.N.-backed transitional government. The U.N. special envoy to Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, said he was deeply saddened by the senseless, cowardly attack. Al Shabaab insurgents, who claimed responsibility for Tuesday's bombing, pulled most of their fighters out of Mogadishu in August allowing government troops and African Union soldiers to seize much of the coastal capital. But the rebels said they had just changed their tactics and vowed to still carry out attacks on government installations. Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the African Union force (AMISOM) in Somalia, said students and government soldiers were among the dead. The government said no senior officials were hurt in the attack. SHABAAB CLAIMS RESPONSIBLITY A Reuters reporter saw nine bodies at the compound, which is in an area of the capital under the control of government forces and African Union troops from the east African countries of Uganda and Burundi. The blast flattened kiosks near the compound and a charred body lay near a blazing car. Debris from the explosion landed hundreds of meters away. Scores of people with burns walked to a nearby hospital and police were trying to evacuate more students trapped inside the damaged buildings. Doctors said they were shocked by the number of casualties, in a city that has endured years of violence. Muse said it looked as though the truck had been packed with petrol and explosives. He said students, soldiers and civilians were among the dead. Some analysts said they were worried the blast might prompt international agencies helping famine victims in Somalia to pull out, leaving operations in the hands of local organizations prone to corruption or theft by militias. "Most humanitarian agencies were complaining about lack of security and this might put off international agencies from going anywhere near Mogadishu now," said Hamza Mohamed, a London-based Somali analyst. "This is my worst fear now." When al Shabaab fighters pulled out of Mogadishu in August, analysts warned the conflict was far from won and a shift in the insurgents' tactics could herald a wave of al Qaeda-style suicide attacks. "Since the withdrawal of Shabaab from Mogadishu we have been increasingly concerned with a shift toward more asymmetric attacks and terrorist-style actions," a U.N. official said. "We've been warning for a long time the situation there is still fragile, a security sector capable of defending against these attacks has yet to be 'stood up', AMISOM is stretched and in desperate need of additional resources," he said. SUICIDE BOMBERS Al Shabaab has used suicide bombers to devastating effect in past attacks on African Union compounds, government buildings and a medical graduation ceremony. A suicide bomber killed three government ministers in the December 2009 attack on the graduation ceremony in Mogadishu and a fourth minister died from his wounds two months later. A female suicide bomber killed the interior minister in June. Al Shabaab is fighting to oust the U.N.-backed transition government that it sees as a puppet of the West and wants to impose its own harsh version of sharia law throughout the Horn of Africa nation. The militants still hold sway over large chunks of southern and central Somalia, which is also in the grip of a famine. Al Shabaab had appeared to be on the back foot and there were reports of internal rifts and funding problems. However, al Shabaab has renewed its attacks on government troops and militia near the Kenyan border in the past few weeks and the Kenyan government has also blamed the militants for the kidnapping of two Western tourists from its beach resorts. The attack also comes at a time the government has just embarked on a 12-month political road map which is supposed to lead to elections for a new parliament and president by August 20 next year. "The attack shows that the danger from terrorists is not yet over and that there are obviously still people who want to derail the advances that the Somali people have made toward peace," the government said in a statement. (Additional reporting by Ibrahim Mohamed in Mogadishu; Yara Bayoumy and David Clarke in Nairobi; Writing by David Clarke) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. Social Stream (What's this?) 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