Deadly blast hits Somali capital - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Deadly blast hits Somali capital - Africa - Al Jazeera English

A lorry bomb killed more than 70 in Mogadishu earlier this month in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months [EPA] At least four people have been killed in a car-bomb blast near the Somali foreign ministry building in the capital, Mogadishu. The attack, which wounded 15 others, occurred on Tuesday while Kenya's defence minister, Yusuf Haji, and foreign minister, Moses Wetangula, were meeting Somali officials in the offices of the foreign ministry. "There was heavy explosion near the foreign affairs ministry building and initial reports are indicating a car laden with explosives detonated," Mohamed Adan, a Somali government official said, on Tuesday. "It was a car bomb that exploded but we don't know what it was targeting," Ali Abdi Rahman, a witness, told the AFP news agency. The explosion did not damage the ministry building but did tear down a stone wall in front of it. Hundreds of on-lookers gathered to see the demolished car scattered across the road. Several body parts littered the street, witnesses said.