20 people died and 50 injured in a car bomb blast -Mogadishu

Car bomb blast in Somalia. PHOTO | AFP

20 people feared dead after a bomb blast in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu.  The Somali militants took responsibility of the blast saying that the East Africa soldiers to be withdrawn or else wipe the Somali Government.

A blast, near a security checkpoint on the main road to the international airport, reverberated throughout the city and sent massive plumes of black smoke into the air.

" I could see several people lying on the ground some of them dead in a pool of blood"

The blast was huge.It did damage the nearby buildings. Some went down."said Abdikarim Mohammed, a blast witness.