MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali security official says a car bomb has exploded at the front gate of Mogadishu’s airport and that he believes two women were killed.
Somali army official Abdul Rahman Yussef says that vehicles with the African Union blocked the vehicle from gaining entry into the airport.
Yussef says two women begging in the street were killed and one policeman was wounded.
A spokesman with the African Union confirmed the car bomb attack Thursday but said he didn’t immediately have any more details.
The militant group al-Shabab has recently stepped up its attacks on Somalia’s weak government.
