Several mortar rounds have landed on Tuesday around the heavily fortified Somalia’s presidential palace in Mogadishu, injuring at least seven people.
A witness has confirmed the mortar attack to IdaleNews.com, saying some of the mortars struck residential areas near Villa Somalia, the state house.
No one has claimed the responsibility of the shelling, but Somali militant group al-Shabaab carried out similar attacks in the past.
It is not the first time mortars have landed in an area very close to the Presidential Palace.
