Somalia deputy minister among 11 dead in Mogadishu attack

The scene of a suicide explosion after Al Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 23, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS

Eleven people were killed including a deputy minister after Al Shabaab gunmen stormed a government building in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday.

In the latest bombing claimed by the Islamists, a huge explosion was heard in the city centre and a large plume of smoke rose above a building housing Somalia’s ministries of Labour and Works.