Suicide car bombing kills 2 soldiers near Somali parliament: official

Two soldiers were killed in a suicide car bomb attack near parliament buildings in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday evening, a security official said.

The official, who requested anonymity, said several other soldiers sustained injuries in the attack.

Somalia’s Islamist group Al-Shabaab, which has carried out waves of attacks in the country, has claimed responsibility for the attack.