A car bomb exploded in central Mogadishu, the Somali capital, injuring at least one person, witnesses and police officials said, according to Bloomberg.
A vehicle parked in Makka al-Mukarama Road, which connects the city’s airport to the presidential palace, detonated after police cleared the vicinity, Mohamed Muse, a stationary seller in the area, said in an interview March 21.
Police evacuated the area after receiving a tipoff from residents about a suspicious vehicle being parked on the pavement in Makka al-Mukarama Road, Captain Ahmed Farhere, a government security officer, said in an interview.
