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NEWS [MOGADISHU]-- Al-Shabaab militant group has claimed responsibility
for the a car bomb at parliament in the Somali capital which killed at
least four people on Saturday.
"We are behind the suicide bombing, explosions and the fighting inside the so-called Somali parliament house - and still heavy fighting is going on inside," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, disclosed.
Colonel Farah Hussein, a senior police officer, told our source that the blasts had killed four police officers.
"The lawmakers and the other workers were rescued as soon as the car bomb exploded. But the terrorist are still firing from inside a mosque nearby," he added.
Gunfire was heard after the blasts inside the parliament compound, a Reuters witness said. He saw four bodies at the site.
"Two explosions went off inside the Somali parliament house compound," police officer Major Nur Ali told Reuters. Some members of parliament were inside the building at the time, one lawmaker said. Gunfire was also heard from a mosque opposite.
Police confirmed at least four people had been killed.
Mogadishu has been hit by a series of suicide bomb attacks claimed by al Shabaab militants, who were pushed out of the capital about two years ago and have waged a sustained guerrilla campaign since then.
A lawmaker said some of his colleagues were in the compound.
"I am now in the town but I know some of my colleagues are having talks inside the house," the lawmaker, who asked not to be identified, told TVC NEWS source.
"We are behind the suicide bombing, explosions and the fighting inside the so-called Somali parliament house - and still heavy fighting is going on inside," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, disclosed.
Colonel Farah Hussein, a senior police officer, told our source that the blasts had killed four police officers.
"The lawmakers and the other workers were rescued as soon as the car bomb exploded. But the terrorist are still firing from inside a mosque nearby," he added.
Gunfire was heard after the blasts inside the parliament compound, a Reuters witness said. He saw four bodies at the site.
"Two explosions went off inside the Somali parliament house compound," police officer Major Nur Ali told Reuters. Some members of parliament were inside the building at the time, one lawmaker said. Gunfire was also heard from a mosque opposite.
Police confirmed at least four people had been killed.
Mogadishu has been hit by a series of suicide bomb attacks claimed by al Shabaab militants, who were pushed out of the capital about two years ago and have waged a sustained guerrilla campaign since then.
A lawmaker said some of his colleagues were in the compound.
"I am now in the town but I know some of my colleagues are having talks inside the house," the lawmaker, who asked not to be identified, told TVC NEWS source.
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