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Somalia: 4 killed as extremists attack police headquarters

Somalia: 4 killed as extremists attack police headquarters | iNFOnews.ca
Somali police officers stand around the body of a suspected al-Shabab extremist in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, May, 9, 2016. A Somali police official says a suicide car bomber struck the entrance of the East African country's traffic police headquarters in the capital, killing four people and injuring others. Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack, which shattered a period of calm in the seaside city. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Original Publication Date: May 8, 2016 10:50PM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 10:52AM

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A suicide car bomber struck the entrance of Somalia’s traffic police headquarters in the capital on Monday , killing four people and injuring nine others, said a police official.

Two police officers were among the dead and two armed extremists who tried to storm the traffic police premises in Mogadishu’s Abdiaziz district were also shot dead, said Capt. Mohamed Hassan.

Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack, which shattered a period of calm in the seaside city.

Despite being pushed out of Somalia’s major cities and towns, al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida, continues to carry out deadly guerrilla attacks across the country.

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