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At least 1 killed, 3 injured in car bombing in Somali capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, July 21, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least one person was killed and
three others were injured in a car bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu
early Saturday, police said.
The blast occurred at a place near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in
Mogadishu when an improvised explosive device which was planted under a
vehicle with civilians went off.
“One person was killed and three others — a man and two women — were
injured. The injured have been rushed to the hospital,” a police officer who
declined to be named told Xinhua by phone.
He said investigations have been launched to establish the motive behind
the latest attack which comes amid tight security in the restive capital.
No group has claimed reasonability for the latest attack but the extremist
al-Shabab military group often launches attacks on government, military and
civilian targets.
The blast came a week after the Somali militant group al-Shabab rammed a
suicide car into the checkpoint near the presidential palace, killing two
people and wounding several others.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1552 hrs