Car Bombing Blast Kills Three Somalian Police In Mogadishu
KABUL: (MEP) At least three police officers were killed and two others wounded in a suicide car bombing explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police said.
The incident occurred early Wednesday when the Islamist militants set off a vehicle packed with explosives next to a cafe near a police station.
“Three police officers died in this car bomb,” Ali Mohamed Hirsi, the commander of Mogadishu police, told reporters at the scene, where blood was visible near the tea shop frequented by officers. “The police officers were among police being trained.”
Armed group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police said a second device went off, but caused no casualties after police spotted it beforehand and caught two men in the small, three-wheeled vehicle.
