At least five dead in Mogadishu bombing

At least five people were killed and six injured when a car bomb exploded outside the port in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said. "A car loaded with explosives was detonated near a cafe and it killed five people with six others wounded," said Abdifatah Omar Halane, spokesman for the Mogadishu city administration.
Witnesses said the vehicle was parked outside the cafe close to the entrance of Mogadishu seaport, a busy, central part of the city where crowds commonly gather to trade and socialise. Soon after the blast ambulances rushed to the scene and security forces sealed off the area. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Al-Qaeda-aligned militants of the Shabaab carry out frequent attacks in the capital targeting government, military and civilians.