{"id":14657,"date":"2018-09-11T06:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T06:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14657"},"modified":"2018-09-11T06:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T06:29:51","slug":"somalia-suicide-blast-targets-government-offices-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14657","title":{"rendered":"Somalia: Suicide blast targets government offices in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least six people were killed and another 16 injured when a car bomb exploded outside a government office in Mogadishu on Monday, Somali police and rescue workers said.<\/p>\n

Witnesses saw huge clouds of smoke above the city following a loud blast and gunfire.<\/p>\n

“Our ambulance teams have collected the dead bodies of six people,” said Abdiqadir Abdirahman, director of the city’s Aamin Ambulance service.<\/p>\n

He said 16 others were wounded in the blast.<\/p>\n

Security forces said a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle laden with explosives at the compound of a local government office.<\/p>\n

“A suicide car bomb rammed into the office of Hodan district of Mogadishu,” Major Mohamed Nur, a police officer, told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

Photos from the scene show parts of the wall of Hodan district offices destroyed by the blast.<\/p>\n

“A speeding 4×4 car ran into the district office,” witness Hussein Osman said.<\/p>\n

“I ran away and now I see from far the office completely destroyed. I see ambulances carrying casualties but I cannot make out how many dead or injured. I could see five people being taken by ambulance,” Osman added.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday’s attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, a suicide car bomb carried out by al-Shabab<\/a> armed group\u00a0destroyed another district office of Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab frequently carries out bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu and other parts of Somalia.<\/p>\n

They are fighting to topple Somalia’s Western-backed central government and establish their own rule based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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