Suicide Bomb Explodes Near Somali's Parliament, Shebab Claims Responsibility

More than a Dozen people were killed when a bomb exploded in Somali, near the country’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu today.

Shebab rebels have already claimed responsibility for the latest suicide bombing, this happens just two days after the last attack which killed a Somali MP.

Somali police official named Mohamed Idle, confirmed the attack and said: “A car loaded with explosives was intercepted near the parliament and it went off. There are casualties but we don’t have details so far,”.

He also revealed that the suicide bomber was in the car. Police and witnesses who where at the scene claimed four people were killed including two policemen and many more wounded.

Al-Qaeda linked Shebab claimed responsibility and said: “We killed more than a dozen so-called police members after sacrificial attack at the main entrance of parliament buildings,” Abdulaziz Abu Musab, military spokesman of the Shebab, told AFP.

“We want to tell them that the MPs are not safe anywhere in Mogadishu. By the grace of Allah more attacks will come and continue.”

This continues a series of bloodshed over the past month, Last month the group had set off a car bomb at the gates of parliament and then attacked the unsuspecting MP’s who were having a meeting, that attack left several dead.

Sources: Aljazeera, Naij.com news, NDTV