3 die in Somalia blast aimed at Turkish engineers

The suicide bombing took place near the Somalian capital Mogadishu as Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mogadishu [Somalia]: Somali terror group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the capital Mogadishu that killed at least three people, media reported Saturday.

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.

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.

ANI/Sputnik