GRAPHIC WARNING: Contains images which some viewers may find disturbing. (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130318-mogadishu-blast-da-02.photoblog600.jpg)Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP - Getty ImagesA member of the Somali security forces flees the site of a car bomb in central Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 18, 2013. (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130318-mogadishu-blast-da-03.photoblog600.jpg)Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP - Getty ImagesA woman reacts near the site of a car bomb in central Mogadishu on March 18, 2013.Reuters reports — A car bomb exploded near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51222465), killing at least 10 people in a blast that appeared to target senior government officials, police said.
The suicide attacker detonated explosives while driving along a boulevard that runs between the palace and the national theatre, a route lined by tearooms that were engulfed in fire moments after the blast, senior police officer Abdiqadir Mohamud said. A public minibus driving along the road burst into flames.
"The suicide car bomber targeted a senior national security officer whose car was passing near the theatre," Mohamud told Reuters. "Most of the people who died were on board the minibus - civilians. This public vehicle coincidentally came between the government car and the car bomb when it was hit." Read the full story (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51222465).(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130318-mogadishu-blast-da-01.photoblog600.jpg)Feisal Omar / ReutersAn injured man sits on the road near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on March 18, 2013. Follow @NBCNewsPictures (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsPictures)
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