A suicide bomber struck a security checkpoint in Mogadishu on Sunday, leaving at least four dead and others wounded.
The blast reportedly occurred only metres away from parliament, after the driver of the explosive-strapped vehicle was stopped by security.
According to witness Daqane Abdi Ali, “before the security forces could even tell him to get out of the car, the car suddenly exploded, there was a fire and smoke everywhere.”
“Thankfully I wasn’t harmed by the explosion… I saw at least four dead bodies and others injured,” Ali continued.
The blast comes just days after another car bomb killed 14 people in Mogadishu last Thursday.