At least seven people killed in the Somali capital after a suicide car bomb explodes at a street junction near the president's residence
A suicide car bomb has killed at least seven people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu at a street junction near the president's residence, an official said.
"A suicide car bomb that exploded at Ceelgaab junction killed seven people and injured eight others," Muawiye Mudeey, district commissioner of Mogadishu's Hamarjajab district told Reuters on Saturday."After the blast occurred, there was gunfire. Minutes later, we rushed to the scene and it was horrific, with a lot of confusion," Ibrahim said.
A Reuters witness at the scene of the blast reported seeing seven cars and three rickshaws destroyed by the blast, and the whole junction covered in blood. The Al Qaeda affiliated Al Shabab terror group claimed responsibility for the blast shortly after the attack.
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