{"id":3139,"date":"2013-05-05T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T13:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/blast-hits-somali-government-convoy\/"},"modified":"2013-05-05T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T13:26:40","slug":"blast-hits-somali-government-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/blast-hits-somali-government-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast hits Somali government convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A car bomb has exploded near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people, officials say.<\/p>\n

A police spokesman told AFP news agency a suicide attacker had driven a car laden with explosives at an armoured government vehicle.<\/p>\n

According to the same source, those inside the vehicle survived the blast.<\/p>\n

BBC reports that the attack comes just days before a major conference in London on the future of Somalia.<\/p>\n

No group said immediately it had carried out Sunday’s attack.<\/p>\n

The country’s main Islamist group al-Shabab, which is part of al-Qaeda, has been forced out of the main cities in the south and centre but still controls smaller towns and many rural areas.<\/p>\n

Five people were also injured by the explosion, a local official told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

One of the agency’s photographers said he could see three people lying motionless near the wreckage of four burning cars.<\/p>\n

The London conference will discuss how best the international community can support Somalia’s progress.<\/p>\n

More than 50 countries and organisations are due to take part when it opens on Tuesday, co-hosted by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron.<\/p>\n

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