Government troops block roads to area as residents report explosion at presidential compound in Somali capital
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Mogadishu (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near the Somali parliament building on Saturday, a few hundred metres from the presidential compound.
Government forces blocked all roads leading into the area and the sound of ambulance sirens could be heard.
"We were shaken by a huge blast near the parliament house. We were immediately surrounded by forces and we cannot go out of houses," Farah Sabdow, a resident in the area, told Reuters.