The checkpoint is the one used by Somalia’s president and prime minister on their way to and from the airport. Nine other people were wounded in the al-Shabab bombing, a Somali police spokesman said. The Associated Press has the story:
The al-Qaida linked extremist group has claimed responsibility
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into cars and trucks at a checkpoint leading to the entrance of the Presidential Palace in Somalia, killing at least eight people, police said Saturday.
The checkpoint is the one used by Somalia’s president and prime minister on their way to and from the airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
Nine other people were wounded in the bombing, police spokesman Abdifatah Adam Hassan said.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group has claimed responsibility. The group often carries out such attacks in the capital.
By HASSAN BARISE
