Al-Qaida-linked Somali terror outfit Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the capital Mogadishu that killed at least five people, media reported Saturday.

The Somalia-based group often targets Mogadishu with suicide bombings and other attacks, and it has exploded bombs against the Turkish military and other targets there in the past. 
 
The blast occurred south of the capital targeting a Turkish-led construction crew laying a tarmac road, Somali news portal Garowe Online reported. Al-Shabaab claimed that the blast killed one Turkish official and two Somali police officers, according to the outlet.

The road project linking Mogadishu to the nearby town of Afgoye was funded by a Qatari donation, with the Turkish construction company securing the contract, Garowe reported.

Somalia has been engulfed in violence since the eruption of a civil war between clan-based armed groups in the early 1990s.&nbsp; 
The situation was further complicated by the emergence of terror groups like Al-Shabaab, linked to al-Qaeda, which regularly carry out bombings and attacks.

(With inputs from agencies)

Al-Qaida-linked Somali terror outfit Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the capital Mogadishu that killed at least five people, media reported Saturday.

Al-Qaida-linked Somali terror outfit Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the capital Mogadishu that killed at least five people, media reported Saturday. The Somalia-based group often targets Mogadishu with suicide bombings and other attacks, and it has exploded bombs against the Turkish military and other targets there in the past. The blast occurred south of the capital targeting a Turkish-led construction crew laying a tarmac road, Somali news portal Garowe Online reported. Al-Shabaab claimed that the blast killed one Turkish official and two Somali police officers, according to the outlet. The road project linking Mogadishu to the nearby town of Afgoye was funded by a Qatari donation, with the Turkish construction company securing the contract, Garowe reported. Somalia has been engulfed in violence since the eruption of a civil war between clan-based armed groups in the early 1990s. The situation was further complicated by the emergence of terror groups like Al-Shabaab, linked to al-Qaeda, which regularly carry out bombings and attacks. (With inputs from agencies)

Five killed, 14 wounded in bomb attack in Somalia's Mogadishu; Al-Shabab claims responsibility

The death toll in the <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/twin-bomb-blasts-in-somalia-capital-kill-over-200-22466">twin bomb attack in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu</a> has risen to more than 300, an official told Reuters on Monday.

No organization<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/al-shabaab-militants-kill-us-navy-seal-in-somalia-two-troops-injured-15269"> has claimed responsibility for the blasts</a> which occurred on Saturday.

&quot;We have confirmed 300 people died in the blast. The death toll will still be higher because some people are still missing,&quot; Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of the city&#39;s ambulance service, told Reuters.

Aden Nur, a doctor at the city&#39;s Madina hospital told Reuters that they had recorded 258 deaths while Ahmed Ali, a nurse at the nearby Osman Fiqi hospital, told Reuters five bodies had been sent there.

Nur said 160&nbsp;bodies could not be recognized.&nbsp;

&quot;There is still a national rescue operation underway,&quot;&nbsp;Somalia&#39;s information ministry said in a statement, adding that there would be &quot;national mourning and prayers for the victims&quot; in the coming days.

Saturday&#39;s blast is the worst in Somalia&#39;s history, came six years after Shabaab militants were pushed out of Mogadishu by African Union and Somali troops.

No organization has claimed responsibility for the blasts which occurred on Saturday.

The death toll in the twin bomb attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has risen to more than 300, an official told Reuters on Monday. No organization has claimed responsibility for the blasts which occurred on Saturday. "We have confirmed 300 people died in the blast. The death toll will still be higher because some people are still missing," Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of the city's ambulance service, told Reuters. Aden Nur, a doctor at the city's Madina hospital told Reuters that they had recorded 258 deaths while Ahmed Ali, a nurse at the nearby Osman Fiqi hospital, told Reuters five bodies had been sent there. Nur said 160 bodies could not be recognized. "There is still a national rescue operation underway," Somalia's information ministry said in a statement, adding that there would be "national mourning and prayers for the victims" in the coming days. Saturday's blast is the worst in Somalia's history, came six years after Shabaab militants were pushed out of Mogadishu by African Union and Somali troops.

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Five killed, 14 wounded in bomb attack in Somalia's Mogadishu; Al-Shabab claims responsibility

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