The national theatre stands about 500 meters away from the presidential palace. “The bomber blew up the car after police ordered him to stop at gun point,” Abdikadir Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters.
The explosion also destroyed the front wall of a nearby restaurant. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but al Shabaab militants have been trying to disrupt Somalia’s protracted parliamentary elections. The three-month vote is due to end on December 29. (Reuters)
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