Three killed in car bomb attack on peacekeepers' Somali HQ
Monday, January 2, 2017
At least three people were killed when a suicide
attacker set off a car bomb at a checkpoint outside the main base of an African
Union peacekeeping force in the Somali capital on Monday, police said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Islamist al Shabaab militants, who want to
topple the Western-backed government, have carried out similar attacks in the
past.
"So far we know three of the security
forces died. We believe al Shabaab is behind the attack," Mohamed Ahmed, a
police officer, told Reuters.
He said the death toll
was likely to go up because the bomb was powerful and it had caused damage even
to nearby residential buildings.
A Reuters photographer at the scene saw the
burnt-out shell of the bomber's car and another vehicle nearby on fire.
Nearly 300 members of Somalia's federal
parliament were sworn in last week and they are expected to pick a new
president.
(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar;
Writing by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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