At least 8 people were killed and 5 others wounded in a devastating car bomb explosion in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab group often carries out bombings at high-profile locations in the capital.
A car bomb has exploded on a road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people. "A car bomb targeted a convoy, including bullet proof cars using Avisione street, we do not who owns the convoy. We carried eight dead people from the scene," Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Aamin Ambulance service said on Wednesday.The attack was claimed by the Al-Shabab group, which said in a brief statement that it was targeting "foreign officers".
The explosion took place just days after Somali leaders had agreed on a new timetable for long-delayed elections in the troubled country.