A suicide bomber has rammed a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the local government headquarters in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, killing three people and wounding five others.
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday.
"We are behind the governor HQ attack," said Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabab's military operations spokesman.
Earlier, police spokesman Major Mohamed Nur said a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the local government headquarters.
"So far we have confirmed three civilians died and five others injured. It was a car bomb parked at a restaurant behind the governor's HQ," Abdifatah Omar, the mayor's spokesman told reporters at the scene.
