Car Bomb Hits Somali Police Checkpoint In Mogadishu

A massive car bomb blast was heard at a main Somali police checkpoint in western Mogadishu on Saturday morning at 8:00 am local time.

A witness says the explosives-filled car was detonated at a taxation office in Ex-control Afgoye checkpoint and followed by sustained gunfire by the security forces.

Details of the casualties remain sketchy and the area was cordoned off by the police.

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