Car bomb hits Turkish staff building in Somali capital, 3 dead - police


MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car loaded with explosives rammed into the gates of an office housing Turkish embassy staff in the Somali capital, killing three people, witnesses and police said on Saturday, the latest in a series of blasts over the past two months.

"A suicide car bomb targeted a building housing Turkish embassy workers near k4 (Kilometre Four)," Ahmed Mohamud, police officer told Reuters from the scene of the blast.

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