Somalia: Suicide car bomb kills 6 in Mogadishu

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Somalia: Suicide car bomb kills 6 in Mogadishu

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At least six people have killed in a suicide car bomb in Somali capital, Mogadishu.

19 October,2011 03:34 am

A suicide car bomb exploded near a building housing government ministries in Mogadishu on Tuesday) killing at least six people.It was the second such attack in the capital this month.As you know the security forces are scrambling nowadays to prevent explosions. Many of these explosions are prevented before they happened. Now a car bomb explodes here and you can see the body of the driver in the car. Civilians were killed and wounded in the blast. So far, the police are investigating. After that we will submit the findings about this explosion. I say to the dead, may God have mercy on your souls, said Somali Interior Minister Abdisamad Moalim Mohamud.A suicide truck bomb struck a compound housing several government ministries in Mogadishu on October 4, killing more than 70 people.Al Shabaab rebels, against whom Somali and Kenyan forces recently launched an attack in the south of the country, claimed responsibility for that attack.At the time the al Qaeda-linked rebels warned Somalis to stay away from government buildings and military bases, saying more serious blasts are coming.Al Shabaab rebels pulled most of their fighters out of Mogadishu in August allowing government troops and African Union soldiers to seize much of the capital. But the militants vowed to carry out attacks on government installations.