Two car bombs in separate parts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 22 people on Saturday and injured several others, police said. The first explosion – in the city’s K5 Junction area which is lined with government offices, hotels, and restaurants – destroyed several buildings and set dozens of vehicles on fire. “We know that at least 20 civilians are dead while dozens of others are wounded,” said Abdullahi Nur, a police officer who was in the area. “It was a car bomb. Two civilians were killed, ” Siyad Farah, a police major, told, adding that a suspect had been caught on suspicion of planting explosives.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 14, 2017 15:45 UTC