Mogadishu: A car bomb blast has left at least five people dead and more than a dozen others wounded in the Somali capital city, Mogadishu.
The explosion occurred near the Waberi district police station along the busy Mecca al-Mukarram road, the busiest street in Mogadishu, on Sunday.
Rescue workers and civilians at the blast scene carried bloodied bodies and injured victims to hospitals. Most of the blast victims were civilians.
The blast occurred amid a traffic jam while soldiers were searching cars at a nearby intersection.
