Police said at least five people were killed and four wounded in a car bomb attack claimed by al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab close to the president's residence in the Somali capital. Al Shabaab, in comments broadcast on its Radio Andalus, claimed responsibility for both blasts and said the second was also a car bomb targeting those who had responded to the first. "The first suicide car bomb at the checkpoint killed five people mostly security soldiers. It is too early to have details of second blast," Hussein said. Ahmed Abdi, another police officer, said the car bomb exploded at a checkpoint some 400 metres from the president's residence.

Source: The Star December 22, 2018 10:07 UTC