Bomb in Somalia's capital kills one, injures another

One person was killed and one was injured after a bomb planted in a private luxury car exploded in Mogadishu's Hodan district. There was no immediate claim for the bombing.

Mogadishu: A bomb exploded in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday killing one person and wounding another.

The blast from a bomb planted in a private luxury car exploded in Mogadishu's Hodan district, killing the driver and injuring a nearby pedestrian, said police Colonel Ahmed Abdi.

There was no immediate claim for the bombing, the latest in a string of attacks often claimed by the Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, who are linked to al-Qaida and are fighting to topple the western-backed government protected by African Union forces.