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1st LD: At least 4 injured in mortar shell attack in Mogadishu

Xinhua, April 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least four people were injured after mortar shell rounds landed at a residential area near Qatari embassy in Somalia capital Mogadishu on Wednesday evening, the police said.

Police officer Mohamed Nur told Xinhua the mortar shells landed near the embassy shortly after 8 pm local time, hours after a car bomb claimed six lives and ten injuries in Mogadishu.

"A number of mortar shells hit an area near the Qatar embassy...we are still following leads on the incident," Nur said.

The police said the blast, the second attack in the restive city on the same day, happened at KM-4 intersection in the city.

Mogadishu city spokesman Abdifitah Halane blamed the incident on the militant group Al-Shabaab. The group has not claimed responsibility so far.

A resident, Abdullahi Shire, 29, told Xinhua the explosion was huge and sounded like bomb explosions.

"We heard heavy explosions near the Qatari embassy and we thought they were bombs. We learn they were mortar shells," said Shire. Endit