Death toll in car bomb attack at Mogadishu shopping mall rises to 11 - police

Death toll in car bomb attack at Mogadishu shopping mall rises to 11 - police
By Reuters
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll in a car bomb attack at a shopping mall in Somalia's capital on Monday has risen to 11, police said.

"Several dead people were removed from a wrecked building at the blast scene. So far death toll is 11 civilians and 10 others injured," Mohamed Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters.

Police said earlier that two people had been killed but that the death toll would likely rise.

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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