Update: Death toll of ministry for higher education’s attack rises to 18

At least 18 people have been killed in an attack by Al-Shabab fighters against ministry for higher education in Mogadishu.
The death toll of the attack is 18 including Seven Al-Shabab attackers, eight civilians, three soldiers said the spokesman for interior minister Mohamed Yussuf.
Five bodies were displayed whom the government said were the attackers of the ministry.
The attackers stormed the ministry of higher education after a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle at the gate of the ministry, opening the way for his gunmen to enter.

The assault on the walled compound which also houses two government ministries are the latest attack by suspected Al-Shabab who are maintaining a series of attacks in the capital on government targets and the African Union forces who are supporting the government.
In late March, the group attacked a hotel in the Somali capital using similar tactics of blasting and shooting their way inside which resulted death toll of 15 .
Two weeks ago, Al-Shabaab staged a major attack on Kenya’s Garissa University College, killing 148 students.