Massive car bomb targeting a top police chief explodes in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, killing at least nine people, officials say, fearing death toll could rise
Medical workers arrive at the scene of suicide car bomb attack that targeted the city's police commissioner in Mogadishu, on July 10, 2021.
Dr Mohamed Nur at the Medina Hospital told reporters on Saturday that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded who were taken to the facility in Mogadishu where he works. A Somali police spokesman said Mogadishu's police commissioner, Colonel Farhan Mohamud Qaroleh, was the target of the attack but he was safe.
Mire Adan, who was a few metres from the scene, said the explosion "caused huge devastation and casualties of both police and civilians".
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