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| Somali presidential palace: 'Car bomb' attack in Mogadishu | Somali presidential palace: 'Car bomb' attack in Mogadishu |
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| A car bomb has exploded at the gates of Somalia's presidential palace, followed by an attack by gunmen, police in Mogadishu say. | A car bomb has exploded at the gates of Somalia's presidential palace, followed by an attack by gunmen, police in Mogadishu say. |
| A fierce gunfight is now said to be underway inside the compound. | |
| President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called the UN envoy to Somalia to say he was not harmed during the attack, envoy Nick Kay has tweeted. | |
| The UN-backed government is battling al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab for control of the country. | The UN-backed government is battling al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab for control of the country. |
| Senior police officer Abdikadir Ahmed told the Reuters news agency the fighting was going on in the house of a military commander within the presidential compound, near the palace. | |
| "The car bomb hit and exploded and other al-Shabab cars with armed men drove inside the palace, and heavy fighting is still going on," he said. | |
| Mr Kay said: "Sadly some lives lost. I condemn strongly this terrorism." |