MOGADISHU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 7 people died and several others injured on Tuesday evening when a car bomb exploded at a check point near the Presidential Palace in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu, police and eyewitnesses confirmed to reporters.
A security official who requested anonymity told Xinhua he counted seven dead bodies that included three government soldiers and a dozen injured people including women and children after the heavy explosion.
No group had claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion at the time of going to press. Enditem