Three killed in car bomb attack on peacekeepers’ Somali HQ

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Somali policemen walk near a the wreckages of a destroyed cars at the scene of an explosion at a police checkpoint near the vegetable market in Waberi district of Somali capital Mogadishu, November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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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.

Source: Reuters 

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