Police
Capt. Osman Mohamed said the attack was an assassination attempt
against the new Somali military chief, Ahmed Mohamed Irfid.
The attack happened on a busy street between the military academy and the ministry of defense headquarters.
The bomber tried to drive into a convoy carrying Irfid, but missed and rammed into a minibus carrying passengers.
Irfid,
who was appointed just three days ago by Somali President Mohamed
Farmaajo in a major security shake-up, escaped unharmed. Ambulance
driver Ahmed Hussein told CNN that some of the injured died on their way
to hospital.
Al
Shabaab claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack through a
statement aired by Andalus Radio, the group's main radio channel.
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