Hiiraan Online
Friday March 24, 2017
Residents examine the burnt out wreckage of a vehicle used in a car bomb attack in Mogadishu on Friday, March 24, 2017.
Mogadishu (HOL) - A car bomb believed to be detonated by a suicide bomber went off near a popular restaurant and hotel in Mogadishu on Friday killing one person and wounding five others, according to local witnesses.
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The blast occurred on a busy street outside Central Hotel and Banooda restaurant. The explosion happened within walking distance to the presidential palace.There is no official claim of responsibility but the militant extremist group Al-Shabaab has been behind most car bomb attacks in Somalia.
Earlier this week, a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu killed 6 people and wounded scores more.
This story is developing.
A car used to detonate an explosive outside the Central Hotel in Mogadishu