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Julie Siple, Tom Weber and Jo Erickson

Minnesota Somali community working to help Mogadishu bombing victims

A vigil for victims of a bombing in Mogadishu
A vigil for victims of a bombing in Mogadishu was held at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis, Minn., during on Monday, October 16, 2017.
Tom Baker for MPR News

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Many in Minnesota's large Somali community are grieving those lost in a recent bombing in Mogadishu and are working to help the survivors. Three prominent members of the Somali community discussed what's being done locally to provide aid to Somalians in Mogadishu.

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State Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis.

Her husband Ahmed Hirsi, who was in Mogadishu when the explosions happened.

Mohamed Omar, executive director of the Dar Al-Farooq Center in Bloomington.

To hear the full discussion use the audio player above.