Al-Shabab fighters stormed a Somali government building in Mogadishu on Saturday, with at least twenty people killed in the suicide car bomb attack by the armed group and an ensuing gunfight.
Al-Shabaab militants drove into the Ministry of Labour office block leaving in its wake at least ten dead and ten others injured. Deputy Labour Minister Saqar Ibrahim Abdalla was among those killed in the 11 am bombing.
Police sources told local press about ten bodies had been retrieved from the building which also houses the ministry of public works in Shangani area.
Ambulance service Aaamin Ambulance said it had ferried ten injured people to various city hospitals.
An explosives loaded vehicle rammed into the building followed by heavy gunfire as security forces engaged the militants in gunfire. Three explosions went off within a span of 15 minutes.
Police said all the militants had been killed.
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