No casualties as car bomb goes off in Mogadishu

A car laden with explosives went off  on Monday near Suuqba’ad junction in Yaqshid but no casualties were reported.

Confirming the incident, Mohamed Abdi, a police officer said a car bomb exploded at Suuqb’ad after it was chased by the security forces.

He said there were no casualties as people were far from the scene.

No group claimed the responsibility of the attack but Al-Shabaab had been carrying out attacks against Somali government and AU troops in Somalia.

Al-Shabab has carried out a series of deadly attacks in Somalia over the past years to try to overthrow the government.

The African country has been the scene of deadly clashes between government forces and al-Shabab militants since 2006.

The group has been pushed out of Mogadishu and other major cities by government and African Union troops but continues to carry out attacks in Mogadishu.