Karan District Police Commander targeted in Saturday’s explosion

GOOBJOOG NEWS/MOGADISHU: Four people, including three police officers were wounded in a roadside bomb this morning, near the Turkish mosque in Jamhuriya neighborhood.

The explosion targeted a vehicle carrying Maj. Salad Arale, the Police Commander of Mogadishu’s Karan district,on Saturday.

Local officials confirmed that the Commander escaped unhurt in the landmine blast that occured near Fagah junction in Somali’s capital, Mogadishu.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is widely known that Al-Shabaab have been carrying out such attacks on military personnel in Somalia.