Deadly Car Bomb Near Villa Somalia

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack 500 metres from the presidential palace that left soldiers and civilians dead.

Wreckage of one of the suicide car bombs used to attack the presidential palace in Mogadishu (file photo).

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