{"id":70871,"date":"2014-12-03T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T12:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=70871"},"modified":"2014-12-03T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T12:37:19","slug":"somali-bomb-explodes-near-un-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/somali-bomb-explodes-near-un-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali bomb explodes near UN convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least four people have been killed in a car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia’s capital, police say.<\/p>\n
The bomb exploded as the convoy travelled along the road near the airport in Mogadishu, police said.<\/p>\n
A second blast targeted African Union (AU) troops about 25km (15 miles) from the city, but details are sketchy, a BBC reporter says.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab, linked to al-Qaeda, has often carried out attacks in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, it killed 36 quarry workers near the northern Kenyan town of Mandera.<\/p>\n
It has not commented on the latest explosions.<\/p>\n
‘Smoke all around’<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The United Nations and the British and Italian embassy compounds are based near Mogadishu’s heavily fortified airport.<\/p>\n