updated: Feb 13 2021, 15:11 ist
Police say a suicide bomber died and seven civilians were wounded when a vehicle exploded near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
At least three people including a suicide bomber were killed and eight others wounded after a car bomb detonated near a security checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu Saturday, security official and witnesses said.
Police spokesman Sadiq Ali Adan told AP the driver defied orders to stop on Saturday morning, and police opened fire as passersby ran for their lives. He says more than a dozen vehicles were destroyed in the blast.