SOMALIA: 2 killed, 12 injured during car explosion in Mogadishu

At least two lives were claimed and 12 others injured on Wednesday after a car exploded near a checkpoint in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

This came in barely two months after at least 15 people were killed in a car bomb explosion near a hotel and restaurants in Mogadishu.

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Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group who claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement said it had attacked a convoy escorting officials and legislators heading to the presidential palace.

According to Aljazeera, the group has been on an aggressive quest for more than a decade to topple the Somalian government.

The armed group however surrendered its position that it once held in Mogadishu in 2011 and has since lost many of its strongholds.

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