Grenade attack kills six in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU: A grenade attack killed at least six people Monday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said.

A suspected member of the Islamist group al-Shabaab entered a busy market on a motorcycle and hurled a hand grenade into the crowd, police representative Ali Hassan Kulmiye said.

The attacker was believed to have been targeting soldiers in the market, but he missed them and killed civilians instead.

The soldiers returned fire and accidentally killed more people.

At least 14 people were wounded, including some reported to be in critical condition. Police detained one suspect. Al-Shabaab issued no comment on the incident

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