Car Bomb Shatters Somali Capital Mogadishu

Published March 7th, 2019 - 02:22 GMT
People stand at the site of a car bomb near a restaurant near the Somali ministry of internal security in Mogadishu on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo)
People stand at the site of a car bomb near a restaurant near the Somali ministry of internal security in Mogadishu on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo)

A "heavy" explosion rocked central Mogadishu Thursday morning, leaving an unknown number of casualties, a security official and witnesses said.

"The blast occurred at a checkpoint close to the National Theatre, we don’t have the details but there are casualties," said Mohamed Adam, a security official.

"It was a car bomb," added witness Ibrahim Farey.

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