Somalia At least nine killed in explosions combined in Mogadishu

The death toll following the explosion of a car bomb and a second blast near the Mogadishu police station this Saturday was also announced,

at 39. Outside the building, there were between four and five men armed with rockets and machine guns, who faced security forces as a series of new explosions shook the presidential palace.

Responsibility for the explosions was claimed by al-Shabaab Islamist groups, active in Somalia for years and aiming to overthrow the community-backed government. international, expel the peacekeeping mission of the African Union AMISOM and establish a radical Islamic regime of sharia .