The blast was reported to have resulted from an bomb fitted into a vehicle said to be belonging to a security official, whose name has not yet been identified.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but, al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda..., an al-Qaeda-linked Islamic hard boy group has in the carried out attacks in Mogadishu.
Somali security forces cordoned off the scene following the blast and launched an investigation into the incident, however, no arrest has been reported until now.