A foreign security adviser checks the site of a car bomb in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, on June 22, 2017. Five people have been killed and several others injured in a car bomb explosion in Somalia's Mogadishu on Thursday, the latest of a series of attacks in Mogadishu as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan comes to a close. (Xinhua/Faisal Isse)
MOGADISHU, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Five people have been killed and several others injured in a car bomb explosion in Somalia's Mogadishu on Thursday, the latest of a series of attacks in Mogadishu as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan comes to a close.
A vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into Waberi police station on Thursday afternoon, barely two days after a similar attack at a district commissioner's office in Mogadishu claimed 10 lives.
"A vehicle with explosives hit the entrance of the police station causing the casualties," Ministry of Security spokesman Ahmed Mohamud told reporters at the scene.
Witnesses said a huge explosion could be felt from buildings some distance away.
"Our building was shaking when the explosion went off. We came out and saw smoke from the police station," Abdirahman Ali told Xinhua.
Witnesses said a local radio station, Radio Mustaqbal that is not far from the scene shut down immediately after the bomb hit the police station.
No group has claimed responsibility but militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed the last two attacks which in a span of a week claimed about 40 lives.
