Mogadishu — A Car bomb went off inside Mogadishu's Hamarweyne market killing one person and wounding seven civilians nearby on Wednesday according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports.

Local reports added that the exploded car is owned by Somali Federal Member of Parliament and the chairman of Somalia's parliamentary committee on finance Sheikh Aden Mader who reportedly went out from his car shortly before the explosion.

The commissioner of Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district Abdullahi Ibrahim Sahal Gardhub who spoke to the media shortly after the explosion told that the explosion could have been a bomb attached beneath the MP's seat or a plastic wrap laden with bomb.

He also said they are still carrying out investigation to know exact cause of the blast.

On the other hand the chief of Afar-Irdod police station Mohamed Dahir denied reports of the death and confirmed that the MP was absent from the car.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion-as has been the case for much of the deadly bombings and assassinations targeting the Somali federal government officials are frequently the work of Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group.

GAROWE ONLINE