Car-bomb explodes near Somalia’s parliament Two soldiers reportedly killed after explosion at a security checkpoint outside parliament in Mogadishu.
Security forces at the scene of a car bomb explosion near parliament in Mogadishu on Sunday [Mohamed Sheikh Nor/AP]
A car bomb detonated near Somalia‘s parliament in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least two people and wounding several others, a senior police officer said.
The bomb exploded on Sunday at a security checkpoint after soldiers intercepted and stopped a suspicious vehicle, Captain Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press.
Those dead included two soldiers as well as the suicide bomber, he said, while many of the 10 wounded were rickshaw drivers.
A huge cloud of smoke was seen billowing over the area dotted with security checkpoints along a road leading to the presidential palace.
Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Amin ambulances, the city’s sole rescue service, said three people had been killed and another wounded.
A Reuters news agency photographer at the scene saw ruined cars and three-wheeled scooters overturned by the force of the blast.
The attack happened near Somalia’s presidential palace, whose main gate is just 200 metres away, and a similar distance from the interior ministry.
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