MOGADISHU (Reuters) - More than 300 people were killed by twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and relatives caught by Somalia’s deadliest attack in a decade.

Somali government forces secure the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

The death toll has steadily risen since Saturday, when the blasts struck at two busy junctions in the heart of the capital city. One truck bomb detonated near a fuel truck, creating an enormous fireball.

The bomb attacks were the deadliest since Islamist militant group al Shabaab began an insurgency in 2007. Al Shabaab has not claimed responsibility, but the method and type of attack - a large truckfor his prior
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time he entered his plea. Finding no error, we affirm.
                        BACKGROUND
   This case arises out of an incident in which a law enforce-
ment officer found a set of brass knuckles in Vann’s pocket
during a search. This led the State to bring charges against
Vann for possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person
and carrying a concealed weapon, among other charges.
   To prove that Vann was a felon and therefore prohibited
from possessing a deadly weapon, the State offered docu-
mentary evidence that Vann was convicted of possession of
cocaine in the