Car bomb kills two at Somalia shopping mall: police

Reuters reports that car bomb exploded on Monday  at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital, killing two people and injuring four others in an attack probably by Islamist group al Shabaab, police said.

The blast occurred in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district, a busy area with shops and restaurants.

“So far, we know two civilians died and four others were injured. It was a car bomb that exploded in front of a Mogadishu shopping mall,” a police officer, Mohamed Hussein, told Reuters.



The number of casualties may rise, he said.

A Reuters witness saw one dead person at the scene, where four cars burned and a restaurant was destroyed.

Al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in Mogadishu and other parts of Somalia against government and other targets.

The group is trying to remove the Western-backed central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of sharia law.