Somalia car bomb targets UN convoy near airport

Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia.

Police say the bomber drove between the convoy and its security escort near the airport in the capital, Mogadishu.

The United Nations, the British and Italian embassy compounds are based in the nearby area.

No group has claimed responsibility but the al-Shabab militant group, linked to al-Qaeda, has often carried out such bomb attacks.

BBC