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The blast, which was reportedly carried out by a man wearing an explosives vest, took place at a tea shop near the General Kahiye Police Academy in Hamar Jajab district. ”Targeting military officers not far from the police headquarters Gen. Kahiye in Mogadishu.
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police station in Mogadishu, killing two police officers and wounding three others. The blast killed at least five civilians and a Somali government soldier. The blast also injured eight civilians and government soldiers. The bomber also killed the bomb.
The casualties were confirmed by a spokesman for the Somali Police Force who spoke to the Somali Times. Meanwhile, Al-Shabaab studied explosives such attacks had not occurred in the targeted police officials.