The Banadir regional police command has given more details about an explosion that caused a lot of damage last night at Sos intersection in Heliwa district of Mogadishu.
A statement issued by the Police of Banadir region said that the explosion of the Al-Shabaab group targeted a public car and a Bajaj motorcycle passing through the Sos intersection.
“Cruel terrorists, this evening on February 19, 2024, attempted to bomb a public car and a motorcycle at the SOS intersection in Heliwaa District. The damage caused by the explosion is the death of 5 people and the injury of dozens of others, all of whom were passing by.” It was said in the statement issued by the Police of Banadir region.
The explosion was also described as a pop-up mine, which caught the Somali public car known as the BL and the passenger car that was carrying civilians on their way to their homes.
This explosion that caused a lot of damage comes at the same time as in the past Mogadishu has been resistant to such explosions, after the security of the city was improving.
