Al Shabaab attacks Somali government building in Mogadishu, at least 9 dead | World News, The Indian Express

Al Shabaab attacks Somali government building in Mogadishu, at least 9 dead | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Mogadishu |Published: March 23, 2019 7:08:50 pm

Al Shabaab attacks Somali government building in Mogadishu, at least 9 dead

The large explosion shook the centre of Mogadishu and a large plume of smoke rose above the scene of the blast, a building that houses Somalia's ministries of labour and works.

A general view shows the scene of a suicide explosion after al-Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia March 23, 2019. (Reuters)

Somalia’s al Shabaab stormed a government building on Saturday, detonating a suicide car bomb in the heart of the capital Mogadishu with at least nine people, including an assistant minister, killed during an ensuing gun battle.