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Deadly car bomb attack hits Somalia's capital Mogadishu (pic: AP) The death toll from twin blasts in Somalia's capital rose to at least 85 as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of casualties, security and medical sources said.More than 60 others were injured in the two blasts. The first was a huge truck bomb that ripped through the heart of the city's K5 Junction area. The second bomb went off two hours later in the Medina district. The K5 junction is home to government offices, hotels and restaurants. Ambulance sirens echoed across the city a day after the blast as bewildered families wandered in the rubble of buildings, looking for missing relatives. Somalia's Government was yet to release the exact death toll from an explosion many called the most powerful they had ever witnessed in Mogadishu. The death toll was initially given as 22 with officials fearing the toll would continue to climb. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed declared three days of mourn