MOGADISHU, Apr 22 (NNN-IRIN) – At least four people were killed and several others injured, in a mortar attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, yesterday.
The Somali National Army (SNA) radio, said, al-Shabab militants fired mortar shells, which landed in Bondhere and WartaNabada residential districts, in the Banadir region, killing four people.
“Several other people sustained injuries during the attack,” the SNA radio reported.
Al-Qaeda allied terrorist group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the latest attack, saying, their fighters targeted the Somali presidential palace.
However, no mortar shells landed on the heavily fortified facility, in the latest attack, which is the second mortar attack in less than two months, in the restive capital.– NNN-IRIN
