'Car bomb' kills 15 people in packed market in Somalia

A blast at a busy market in Somalia's capital has killed at least 15 people, police said.

Update 5.35pm: The death toll from a car bomb at a marketplace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has risen to 34 with 52 injured, said a police officer.

Many of the dead were carried away by their relatives soon after the blast, said Captain Mohamed Hussein.