Shebab launch major attack on Somalia's presidential palace

Somalia's Islamist Shebab rebels carried out a major bomb and armed assault against the country's presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the heavily-fortified complex before blowing themselves up. Officials said Somalia's internationally-backed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed were not inside the complex at the time and were "both safe".
Security sources said they were with guards from the African Union's 22,000-strong AMISOM force. "There were at least nine attackers, all have been killed, and the situation is under control, the attack is over," security official Abdi Ahmed said.