Turkish families mourn lives lost in Somali attack

Turkish families in the northern province of Çorum and the capital Ankara are mourning for their loved ones who lost their lives in Jan. 2's deadly terror attack in Somalia.

The suicide attack killed five people, including two Turkish nationals Selami Aydoğdu and Erdinc Genç, the employees of a Turkish company in the Somalian capital Mogadishu, and injured several others.

Genç, 44, a father of three, was rushed to the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Hospital in Mogadishu for treatment, but he succumbed to his wounds.

His wife, Melek Genç told Anadolu Agency that the place where her husband was working was guarded by soldiers.

"When I could not reach my husband [via phone], we turned on the TV and in the news we learned that there was a terrorist attack in the place where my husband was working. Later, we learned from our other acquaintances that my husband was injured and rushed to the hospital. Then the bitter news came," she said.

Selami Aydoğdu, 22, was married six months before the incident.

Ömer Aydoğdu, the father of Selami Aydoğdu, was also injured in the attack.

Arzu Han, Selami Aydoğdu's mother-in-law, told Anadolu Agency that he was a very kindhearted person and they were grieving his loss.

Stressing that her daughter and Selami Aydoğdu loved each other since childhood, she said her daughter is taking anti-anxiety drugs after learning about the death.

Zafer Han, his father-in-law, said that he was "a perfect, cheerful and hardworking child".

Saying that his daughter Irem was unwilling to let her husband go to Somalia, he said that they talked to him over them phone on Jan. 1.

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