Deadly blast hits government convoy in Mogadishu

A car bomb has exploded near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least seven people, officials say.

A police spokesman told AFP news agency a suicide attacker had driven a car laden with explosives at an armoured government vehicle.

The attack comes days before a conference in London on Somalia.

No group said immediately it had carried out Sunday's attack.

Anne Soy reports from the Somali capital Mogadishu.

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