Roadside bomb kills government officials in Mogadishu

[Hiiraan boy]

(SomaliNet) At least four died and two others were seriously wounded on Saturday in a heavy explosion which happened in south of Somalia capital Mogadishu – all the dead who were driving on a truck were security personnel of the Somali transitional government.

The blast caused by roadside a remotely controlled bomb. The explosion occurred on the main road to Mogadishu airport near KM4 roundabout and no one knows who carried out the bomb attack.

“It was a huge blast that deafened us and shook the ground. Soon after the explosion, I could see a government car went up and was cut into slices while parts of the bodies were scattered on the ground, I was few meters away from the site of the blast and I was really shocked,” one eyewitness Somalinet.

Two Somali government security officers were among the people killed in the blast including senior security department in the Mogadishu airport while the others were bodyguards.

Shortly after the bombing the government forces along with the Ugandan peacekeepers sealed of the area and began investigations. No one has been arrested for the attack yet.

The explosion came a day after a top UN envoy visited the capital and met with the senior government officials over the coming reconciliation meeting in the country.

No one has claimed the responsibility of the latest attack but it follows a series of bombings in the capital against the Somali government.

Roadside bombs have been increasing these days as the security forces are trying to restore law and order in the capital.