The al-Qaeda-linked hard boy group al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...was reported to have carried out an ambush gun attack targeting a military police checkpoint in the district, according to the witnesses.
An official said the attack was repelled by the police and pushed back the attackers from al-Shabaab, who wanted to show their presence and power to hit any target in the city.
The night-time gun attack was followed by a kaboom in the morning which resulted from an IED planted in an area, where the police were manning a checkpoint to check the cars.
The details of the casualties remained unclear as local authorities did not release a statement regarding the gun and kabooms in the Kahda district in the Benadir region.