“Car bomb rammed into the gate of garden, which caused more deaths. We can confirm that seven people were killed in the garden,” Muse said.
The officer also noted that another explosion took place near SYL hotel which witnessed attacks before, saying the second explosion resulted in the deaths of 5 women who were employed as cleaners on the streets. A journalist, who was at the scene the moment of the explosion told Xinhua that the blast was huge.
“I was inside the peace garden when the explosion occurred, and I was shocked and I immediately did not run towards the gate because I was afraid that there is another explosion. I jumped out of the wall. Everyone was in a panic,” Radio Mogadishu journalist Mohamed Roraye who survived the attack, said. (IANS)