An ex member of the Somali Parliament, Yusuf Aynte, survived an assassination attempt when a bomb exploded in his car in this capital.
The former lawmaker was not near the vehicle when the bomb was detonated near the Wehliye Hotel, so he escaped unharmed by sheer chance, the source added.
However, media sources and reporters said that the Intelligence Agency of Somalia found the car laden with explosives.
The group behind the attack on the ex lawmaker, who is also a renowned Islamic scholar, is still unknown.
Notwithstanding, the website underlined that Somalia is still fighting the antigovernment group Al Shabab, which perpetrates this kind of attack.
The latest major attack carried out by that organization was in late June, when one of its commandos broke into a hotel in this capital and killed 15 people, according to police reports.
Among the casualties was Somalia’s State minister for the Environment, Buri M. Hamza.