Blast in Somalia capital: In a deadly blast 11 people were killed wounded in Somalia's capital. The country's chief of police has said that the al- Qaida linked extremist group Al-Shabab claimed responsibility. Gen Bashir Abdi Mohamed told reporters that the first car bomb went off near a security checkpoint for the Presidential Palace and was responsible for 9 deaths.
The second car bomb killed the driver accomplice near a checkpoint on the road to the heavily fortified airport. It is also said that the blasts were meant to strike the first line of security checkpoints at the airport and the palace. A number of diplomatic offices are accommodated in the airport and the palace is a frequent al-Shabab target.
Another witness Hussain Muhammad told that he was in a short distance from the blast and he saw several people dead including two women and a passenger and two men some of whom were elderly. This was a very terrible attack by Al - Shabab who were also responsible for the bomb blast in Mogadishu in 2017 which killed more than 500 people and one of the most deadliest attacks since 9/11.