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The decision was reached in consultation with the office of the PM Mohamed Hussein Roble. It becomes the second lockdown in this month on the key facility, housing western diplomatic missions.

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.

Instead, polls follow a complex indirect model, whereby state legislatures and clan delegates pick lawmakers for the national parliament, who in turn choose the president.

Explosions and gunfire were heard and witnesses reported seeing lawmakers fleeing the scene following the mortar attack which comes as the Horn of Africa country is facing a political and security crisis.

The sources add that the attackers were former Al-Shabaab defectors, including two who surrendered to the government in 2016, one year prior to Farmajo’s election, and the two others who gave up last year.

Al-Shabaab said it was behind the attack, which underscores the capital's precarious security situation as AU troops prepare for a pullback from the frontlines after a 15-year war against the terrorist group.

Watching the training, mother of five Abshira Mohamed said she was happy to see an activity that inspired young people and entertained parents like her.

Al-Shabaab used suicide bombings and guns in the latest mid-night raid, with the security minister Abdullahi Mohmed Nur describing the incident as the largest in nine years in the capital city.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the murder of the female government employee, but the police pointed the finger of the blame at Al-Shabaab, which often carries out such attacks in the city.

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.

Meanwhile, Nur called on the people to remain calm and maintain stability in the capital and avoid any acts that encourage violence that he underlined could not be tolerated.

Indha-Adde was at the forefront of a revolt against the two-year illegal term extension by Farmajo in April of this year which led to violence in Mogadishu. The president’s tenure expired on Feb 8.