Mogadishu police chief survives al-Shabab attack, several killed | Al-Shabab News

Suicide automotive bombing focused a convoy carrying the Somali capital’s police commissioner, officers say.

No less than 4 folks have been killed and 9 others wounded after a suicide automotive bombing focused a convoy carrying Mogadishu’s police chief, based on Somali officers.

Farhan Mohamud, the police commissioner, survived Saturday’s blast, police spokesman Sadiq Aden Ali mentioned.

“We verify that 4 folks, together with pedestrians, died within the assault and 9 others injured. Al-Shabab militants’ intention was to kill the commander, however he survived,” Sadiq mentioned.

Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked armed group combating to overthrow Somalia’s internationally recognised authorities, claimed duty for the assault.

The group mentioned they killed 4 law enforcement officials within the assault and injured 5 others. They claimed all of them have been the police chief’s bodyguards.

Al-Shabab, which used to manage components of Mogadishu, was pushed out of the seaside capital in 2011 by Somali troops backed by African Union troopers.

The group nonetheless management components of the agricultural areas in south and central Somalia and carries out frequent assaults in Mogadishu.