8 killed in Mogadishu by suicide bomb targeting government convoy

A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness told Reuters.

As per the African news sources and inputs of information by Reuters it was reported that, a suicide car bomb was seen targeting a government convoy which exploded at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people.

Abdiasis Abu Musab, military operations spokesperson for the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-​Shabaab, told Reuters news portal that it was responsible for Saturday’s attack. The group, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, as it frequently carries out such bombings.

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The convoy was seen carrying senior police official Farhan Qarole, who is survived by the attack, the Somali government news agency reported.

“I have seen eight dead bodies at the scene including a woman,” Hassan Sayid Ali, a driver of a three-wheeled motorised vehicle taxi, told Reuters at the scene of the blast at Banadir junction in Mogadishu.