Car bomb kills eight, injures 16 near Somali parliamentAl-Qaeda-linked Shabaab have been fighting for more than a decade to topple the Somali government and continue to wage a guerrilla war against the authorities. A car bomb exploded near the Somali parliament Saturday, killing eight people, emergency workers said, hours after militia executed nine civilians from a clan with suspected links to the Islamist Al-Shabaab. A second blast on a key road leading to the airport of the Somali capital Mogadishu did not cause any casualties. According to security sources the second explosives-laden car a Toyota Noah, was spotted by security forces at a checkpoint. SEE ALSO :Somali woman fined sh 5 m for being in Kenya illegallyNo one was injured in the blast.Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab fighters have fought for more than a decade to topple the Somali government.

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2019 17:26 UTC