Shabaab attack on cops kills 5 in Somalia
Five people were killed and 10 were wounded yesterday when a car packed with explosives rammed into the wall of a police station in southern Mogadishu, the security ministry said.
"The blast was caused by a car loaded with explosives, five people were killed and 10 others wounded," Ahmed Mohamud Mohamed, Somalia's internal security ministry spokesman told reporters.
The attack was claimed by Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab Islamists, according to a statement carried by the SITE intelligence agency.
Police officer Abdukadir Moalim said a suicide bomber had driven the car into the outer wall of the Waberi police station, killing mostly civilians.
Witnesses said the blast led to panic on the capital's busiest road, which runs alongside the police station.
The attack comes just two days after the Shabaab drove an explosives-laden minibus into local government offices in Mogadishu, killing 10 and wounding nine.
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