Explosion in Hospital Injures Seven in Mogadishu

The blast went off inside the upper floor of the mother and children hospital about 10:30 a.m local time in Mogadishu, which shook windows of the building.

Many of the injuries were young sick babies and elders who have been lying on the beds in the hospital as patients and debris of the building were seen scattered in the area after the explosion, according nurses and witnesses.

The explosion is believed to be from a remote controlled mine, reportedly targeted the hospital. Those injured, some of them serious, were admitted to hospitals in Mogadishu.

One of the security officials of Banadir hospital, who requested not to be named, told AP, that the security forces seized after hours of search operations at least suspected and handed to the Somali government security agency to face investigations about the overnight blast in MCH hospital in Mogadishu.

There is no yet any word from the administration of Banadir hospital in Mogadishu about the overnight blast.

No one has far claimed the responsibility for the attack, but this is the latest series of attacks which raises the fear level of Somalis in the capital, just as residents started returning to their homes after Al shabaab retreated.

Agencies