The director of Mogadishu ambulance services, Abdul Qadir Abdul Rahman, said the explosion, which occurred in a city street early on Wednesday, was caused by a car bomb.
According to Abdel Rahman, the explosion killed at least 8 people.
“Reuters” quoted the Somali ambulance official as saying: “A car bomb exploded targeting a convoy of bulletproof cars. We removed 8 bodies from the scene.”
Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, which controls parts of Somalia, often carries out bombings in prominent locations in the capital.
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