A suicide car bomber killed himself, seven people and left more than 11 others wounded in an attack on police headquarters in Somalia’s capital, police and health officials reported on Wednesday
The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility.
Police spokesman, Col. Abdiqani Mohamed Qalaf, said the suicide bomber tried to drive into the headquarters near the ex-control Afgoye road but was thwarted.
According to Qalaf, “He could have killed more people if not stopped,”He said two soldiers and three passers-by were among the dead.
Dr. Hashim Suldan at Medina hospital told The Associated Press they had received 13 wounded people and two of them died on arrival. Others had serious wounds from shrapnel.
Al-Shabab often targets high-profile areas of Mogadishu, and observers had warned that the al-Qaida-linked group might take advantage of Somalia’s current political tensions to strike again
