"We shot dead one of the militants who killed four civilians with an
explosion and shooting in Mogadishu," police Major Nur Osman
A Somali
police officer looks inside the wreckage of a car destroyed when
Islamist militants opened fire on government officials in a car and then
a car bomb exploded, according to police and a spokesman for
Mogadishu's mayor, in Yaqshiid district of Somalia's capital Mogadishu,
April 18, 2016.
At least four civilians were killed in the Somali capital on Monday when Islamist militants opened fire on government officials in a car and then a car bomb exploded, police and a spokesman for Mogadishu's mayor said.
A spokesman for the al Shabaab
group claimed responsibility. He told Reuters that several members of
the security forces, rather than civilians, had been killed.
The
group's accounts of attacks often differ markedly from official
reports. It regularly launches assaults in the capital, seeking to
topple the Western-backed government.
"We shot dead one of the militants who killed four civilians with an explosion and shooting in Mogadishu," police Major Nur Osman told Reuters, saying the security forces had prevented the car bomb doing more damage.
The
mayor's spokesman, Abdifatah Omar, said the first three civilians were
killed when the militants attacked a government vehicle.
The
militants then fled their pursuers and their vehicle, packed with
explosives, was detonated remotely, killing a fourth civilian, Omar
said. Two militants escaped while one was shot dead, he said.
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