Large explosion, gunfire at Somalia's intelligence HQ

Suspected Shebab militants attack Somalia's intelligence headquarters. By (AFP)

Mogadishu (AFP) - Suspected Shebab militants attacked Somalia's intelligence headquarters in central Mogadishu on Sunday, setting off a bomb and opening fire on the complex, police and witnesses said.

A large explosion, which police sources said they believed was a car bomb, was followed by a fierce exchange of gunfire, police said, adding that the style of attack bore all the hallmarks of the Islamist Shebab militia.