More than 50 people have been killed in a double car bomb attack in the capital of Somalia.Several others have been injured in the blasts in Mogadishu,KNN reports on Saturday.
Busy areas
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.
“It was a car bomb. Two civilians were killed,” said police major Siyad Farah, before adding that a suspect had been caught on suspicion of planting explosives.
About two hours later, a second blast shook the Buulahuubey neighborhood not too far from the area of the first explosion. Police said the second blast came from another suicide car bomber who killed only himself after government troops intercepted him.
Has anyone admitted staging the attacks?
Not yet. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, although the Islamist al-Shabaab group has carried out regular attacks.
The al Qaeda-allied group is waging an insurgency to topple the weak, UN-backed government and its African Union allies and impose its own strick interpretation of Islam.
They frequently launch gun, grenade and bomb attacks in Mogadishu and other regions controlled by the federal government.
In recent years, the militants have lost most territory under their control to African Union peacekeepers and government troops.
