The large explosion shook the centre of Mogadishu and a large plume of smoke rose above the scene of the blast, a building that houses Somalia's ministries of labour and works.
The large explosion shook the centre of Mogadishu and a large plume of smoke rose above the scene of the blast, a building that houses Somalia's ministries of labour and works.
"So far seven people died including an assistant minister who is also an MP," Major Mohamed Hussein, a police officer told Reuters, identifying the minister as Saqar Ibrahim Abdala, assistant labour minister. "We believe there are other militants hiding themselves," he said, adding that 20 people had been injured in the assault.
Al Shabaab said one of its fighters had rammed the ministry building with a suicide car bomb, allowing others to enter.
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