Police in Somalia say a suicide car bomb exploded at a military facility on the outskirts of the capital and killed at least six people
An explosives-laden car detonated at a military facility on the outskirts of Somalia's capital Saturday and killed at least six people, four of them soldiers, police said.
The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. The group frequently carries out such attacks. ”The sound of the explosion was deafening ... and I saw a plume of smoke going up in the sky," witness Ayan Hussein, a resident of Elasha Biyaha, said by phone. She said she saw several injured people being carried into an ambulance.
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