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Intense fighting was reported in the area between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab attackers following the IED explosion. The death toll is feared to rise due to the ongoing army operation.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but police pointed the finger of the blame at Al-Shabaab, which is fighting against the UN-backed Somali government.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but, local police pointed the finger of the blame at the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group, which is waging a decade-long insurgency in Somalia.

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The local police cordoned off the scene of the blast and moved the wreckage of the car and the dead bodies of the two soldiers to Jowhar city, some 90 Km north of Mogadishu.

A similar attack was reported at the same time in Darussalam village of Yaqshid district in the north of Mogadishu after Al-Shabaab unleashed a car bomb and direct assault on a military base.

It's the second attack on an election site since Wednesday when Al-Shabaab fired at least six mortars into Barawe, a coastal city in the Lower Shabelle region, killing four civilians.

The attack is the second carried out by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu. Last Sunday, government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was wounded in a similar blast.

Mohamed Abdi Ali "Mohamed Dheere" and Abdirahman Abdi Idow "Khaire", both sustained wounds after they were targeted with IED while heading to their houses walking on foot.

The attack becomes the second in two days and comes amid a political crisis in the country between the PM and the outgoing president Farmajo.

An official statement from the Al-Shabaab said that at least seven soldiers were killed in the blast that targeted the allied forces from Galmudug and Somali national army [SNA] while 4 vehicles were burnt.

The city has been relatively calm since the presidential election on May 15 with no security incidents reported. The security experts say whenever Al-Shabaab remains silent, it is orchestrating an attack.