Mogadishu police have told that a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gates of a local government headquarters in Somalia while another bomber targeted a nearby marketplace, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 30 others.
Meanwhile the Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke has condemned the twin blasts, saying that "evil-doers" had targeted innocent civilians and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
A senior police officer has stated that the town's main hospital received more than 15 wounded people, including some with horrific wounds, a nurse, Abdikareem Ali, has told that some of them were burnt beyond recognition and it was a dark day, were some of the bodies were discovered in nearby houses destroyed by the blasts.
Meanwhile Somalia faces key parliamentary elections next month and a presidential election in October, where the country has been trying to rebuild after establishing its first functioning central government since 1991.
