Suicide car bomb explodes at checkpoint in Mogadishu

A suicide car bomb has exploded at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theatre in the capital Mogadishu.
 
Witnesses say the bomber blew up the car after police ordered him to stop at gunpoint.
 
The explosion was followed by gunfire.

The national theatre is about 500 meters away from the presidential palace.

It is not clear if anybody else was killed or injured.
 
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but al-Shabab militants have been trying to disrupt Somalia's ongoing parliamentary elections, due to end on the 29th of this month.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS