Two car bombs hit Somalia today, killing six people. Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels claimed responsibility for the first suicide car bomb blast that that killed four people when it exploded near the gate of a military base in Afgoye town, 30 kilometres northwest of Mogadishu.

Al-Shabab has claimed the responsibility for the attack, according to the group's radio arm, Andalus. Two of the dead were soldiers and fatalities could increase from the 10 injured in the blast which was close to the former national water agency's offices, said Somali police officer Col. Ahmed Ali.