Car bomb kills 3, wounds 6 at checkpoint in Somali capital

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali official says a car bomb has killed three people and wounded six others at a checkpoint in the capital.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Somali official says a car bomb has killed three people and wounded six others at a checkpoint in the capital.

Salah Omar, a spokesman for the Mogadishu mayor, says the blast occurred Wednesday as soldiers were conducting searches at a checkpoint.

He said the bomb attached to the vehicle was remotely detonated.

The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility. The group often targets Somalia’s capital.

8 January 2022, 09:35 | Views: 221

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