MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb targeting senior officials leaving a military base in Mogadishu killed at least 15 people and destroyed a minibus carrying civilians, the Somali military said on Sunday, an attack claim by Islamist al Shabaab militants. A Reuters witness at the scene of the explosion saw a wrecked minibus, human flesh and damage to the tarmac road. A government official said given the state of the dead bodies, it would be difficult to give an exact death toll. Nur said the car bomber appeared intent on hitting a convoy carrying Somali military commander Ahmed Mohamed Jimale and other senior officers, but was not close enough to cause any casualties among his entourage. Al Shabaab confirmed Jimale was their intended target, and that they had killed seven of his bodyguards in the attack.

Source: The Star April 09, 2017 10:32 UTC