Suicide bombing in Somalian capital kills at least nine

Security forces and civilians stand near the wreckage after a suicide car bomb attack that targeted the city’s police commissioner in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, July 10, 2021. At least nine people are dead and others wounded after the large explosion, a health official at the Medina hospital said, noting that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded brought there. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

A large explosion in Somalia’s capital has killed at least nine people and injured eight others, a health official said.

Dr Mohamed Nur said nine were declared dead at Medina Hospital in Mogadishu where he works.