The mortar attack in Mogadishu was carried out this morning and Al-Shabaab claimed that they were behind it.

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The Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack by hobbyists that took place this morning in the suburbs near the Somali Presidency.

In a statement published by the group on their website, they said that this morning a number of artillery shells hit Villa Somalia.

The number of mortars reached up to 3 mortars, one of them hit a house where people live in Waberi District of Banadir Region, resulting in loss of life and injuries.

The spokesperson of the Somali Police Force, Major Sadiq Aden Doodishe, who spoke to the government media, said that they are connected to the hobbyist who came to the city and was arrested.

The speaker also underlined that the Department of Welfare in Deniile district, in a private area, they have accidentally fired several artificial rockets, and they have disturbed the people, he pointed out that unfortunately One of the hobbyists fell into a house where people live and killed a father and 3 children, while two others from the same family were injured.