Somalia: Car bomb attack at Mogadishu shopping mall rises to 11

A car bomb at a shopping mall in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, killed two people and wounded four others on Monday.CreditCreditFarah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The death toll in a car bomb attack at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital on Monday has risen to 11, police said.

“Several dead people were removed from a wrecked building at the blast scene.

So far death toll is 11 civilians and 10 others injured,” Mohamed Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters.

Police said earlier that two people had been killed but that the death toll would likely rise.

More soon.

Credit: Reuters