13 killed in car bomb attack by Al shabaab13 people were killed and 17 others wounded in a car bomb attack claimed by al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab. [Courtesy]Police said at least fifteen people were killed and seventeen wounded in a car bomb attack claimed by al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab close to the president’s residence in the Somali capital.A second explosion followed nearby. Al Shabaab, in comments broadcast on its Radio Andalus, claimed responsibility for both blasts and said the second was also a car bomb. Police had earlier said the first car bomb at the checkpoint killed five, mostly soldiers. Ahmed Abdi, another police officer, said the first car bomb exploded at a checkpoint some 400 meters from the president’s residence.

Source: Standard Digital December 22, 2018 10:14 UTC