(CNN) – At least one person was killed and 10 were injured in what became known as a bomb blast near the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu, police and police officials said.
«At 9:10 in the morning, a terrorist car loaded with explosives … shocked at a checkpoint near Sayidka’s cross. The security forces’ safety forces against the car are being directed at all speeds at the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu “, a police statement said. The police say that the attacking suicide also killed him in the explosion.
“Thank you to God, the vigilance of the security forces has saved the people of the terrorist organization for the innocent Somali people,” the communiqué added.
There is no immediate publicity stunt for the attack which is taking place in the middle of a political crisis in Somalia, despite the fact that the president of the country, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has expired on February 8 in his opportunistic elections.
The incident of the Saturday saw the second major explosion in Somali capital in recent weeks.
Five people, as well as four attackers, will be staying at the Hotel Afrik on the 31st of January. The deadly assassination killed 10 other civilians and ended when the Somali security forces fought militants during the war.
Al-Shabaab attributes this responsibility to the work of a broadcaster broadcast by Andalus Radio, on its channel. CNN did not verify the forma independent esta afirmación.
The insurgent group is looking to convert Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state. Previously, he claimed responsibility for other attacks in Mogadishu, including a truck bomb in December that killed 85 people.