kaboom!near the office of the International Committee of the Red Thingy in the capital, Mogadishu.
Officer Abdifitah Ahmed confirms that the bomb went off shortly after the three left in the vehicle from a parking lot next to the ICRC office on Wednesday.
The ICRC says it is "shocked and deeply troubled
...meaning it might require more than two 'tuts'. If the other side responds at all it's known as a 'tut for tat' and it's worth 20 diplomatic points..
" that one of its staffers was hurt.
The police officer says one victim is at death's door while the other two are lightly maimed.
The Somalia-based al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...holy warriors, who are linked to al-Qaeda, often targets high-profile areas of the capital.