Mogadishu Blast: Bomb Rocks African Union Base Near Airport

July 26, 2016

By Alastair Jamieson

Explosions rocked a peacekeeping base and the airport in Somalia’s capital, police and local residents said Tuesday.

Mogadishu blast_ Airport — Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of a car bomb outside the UN’s office in Mogadishu. Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

Details of the number of blasts and casualties in Mogadishu were not immediately clear.

A suicide car bomb was detonated close to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base near the airport, police told Reuters. The base is in the “green zone” of Mogadishu, which also contains the United Nations offices as well as foreign embassies.

Police captain Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press that a suicide bomber had targeted the U.N.’s Mine Action Service office in the area, killing three people.

Source:NBC