MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A car bomb exploded near the Godka Jiliow prison, which is run by by the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), the Garowe Online news agency said.
No group has yet claimed responsibly for the attack and the Somali government has not issued an official statement regarding the number of casualties.
Somalia has been experiencing violence since the country devolved into civil war in the early 1990s. The collapse has provided a breeding ground for warlords, pirates and the al-Qaeda-associated group al-Shabaab.
