No fewer than four people were killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu in a suicide bombing at a tea shop near a military base, Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility.
The Nacnac base outside which the blast occurred is located near a Turkish military garrison that helps to train Somali troops.
“A mujahid bomber targeted the tea shop in which there were Somali soldiers trained by Turkey,” al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab disclosed adding that the number of victims both dead and injured was 20.
Al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings and gun assaults in Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia.
The group wants to topple Somalia’s central government and establish its own rule based on its own strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law.