8 people killed in suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu

8 people killed in suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu

Mogadishu (UNA-OIC) – At least eight people, including a traffic policeman, were killed and about 10 others injured on Saturday after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint at Ceel-gabta intersection in the Waberi district of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.

Somali Police Force Spokesperson Abdifitah Aden Hassan told reporters that Al-Shabaab militants targeted civilians, noting that a mother with two children going to a medical center nearby, were among those killed in the attack.

Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble condemned the attack, Somali National News Agency (SONNA) reported.

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