Suicide attack takes place at presidential palace

The attacker was armed with bomb and the gun-AK47 and managed to into the presidential palace grounds crossing a lot of well guided checkpoints by the transitional federal government and the African union peacekeeping forces in that compound, reports said.

Reliable sources that Keydmedia.net found say that the assailant closed to the door-home of the interior minister affairs Sheikh Abdukadir Ali Omar and the attacker is believed to be targeting that minister of home affair Sh. Omar as he was former security guide of the minister, reports said.

Director of the presidential palace for information department confirmed the case of suicide bomber and added that government soldiers shot him dead and an investigation about the possibility of this action is going head now, he said.

Sources said that the security staff suspected the man and shot him dead and then exploded himself injuring two soldiers around there, but there were no more casualties happened there.

This indicate that government’s weakness and disputes among officials give chances to the Islamist militias of Al-shabab and Hisbul Islam which lead the government onto bad aftermath.

The Islamist militias of Hisbul-islam claimed the responsibility of the attack and it becomes the first one which this group claims because they were not known for doing this as Al-Shabab, reports said.

This is the second suicide bomb attack which occurs in the capital, Mogadishu while the other one took place at front doors of Mogadishu international airport on 9th September and the deadly suicide attack in august 24.