The site of a car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, late on October 12, 2014 (AFP Photo/Abdulfitah Hashi
At least four people were killed in a car bomb attack outside a cafe in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, police said.
"Four civilians were killed in the explosion," said the police source, Osman Mire, adding that he could not immediately confirm whether it was a suicide attack or whether the bomb was set off remotely.
The attack took place on a busy road leading to the government district.
Witnesses said the blast could be heard several streets away.
"I saw charred bodies, I don't know who was targeted but the explosion was very strong and the site was destroyed," said witness Ahmed Yusuf.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident, but Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents have stepped up guerrilla attacks in the capital and elsewhere in the country after being chased from key cities by African Union-led troops.
Somalia has been riven by civil war since 1991, but the government which took power last year was the first to be given global recognition since the conflict began.
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