One person wounded in Waber police station blast in Mogadishu

A bomb has exploded outside a police station in the Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, injuring one person.

The police station in Waberi district is reported to have been attacked with the explosions.

Police were carrying out an inspection in the neighbourhood when the bomb exploded, the witness said.

Security forces cordoned off the scene and conducting an operation to pursue the perpetrators.

No group yet claimed the responsibility for the attack but Al-Shabaab has many times carried out attacks on the military bases, police stations and other government institutions.

On Monday  eight soldiers were killed when a suicide car bomb targeted military base at Lanta Buro base in Lower Shabelle region and attackers then entered the base on foot.

Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed 30 soldiers.

Al-Shabab also targeted the camp last year with a similar attack, killing more than 15 soldiers.

Al-Shabab, which maintains a military presence largely in rural areas, has stepped up attacks on military bases across large parts of south and central Somalia.