Five dead in car bomb attack in Mogadishu

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Five people have died in a car bomb attack in Mogadishu’s Daynile district suspected to have been targeting a district official.

Residents told Goobjoog News the Daynile district official Mahad Sharaawe was targeted in the bombing which hit his vehicle. The official however survived the attack.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the militant group Al-Shabaab has conducted such attacks in the past,

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