Somalia: presidential convoy targeted by al-Shabab bomb attack, president unharmed

Soon after president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy left the grounds of the presidential palace, the motorcade was rocked by a bomb blast.

According to various eyewitness accounts, the explosion could have left as many as three people dead, although no official information on casualties has been released.

Government sources however confirmed that the president was unharmed and headed to Middle Shabelle in southern Somalia to oversee…