A powerful explosion rocked a military base in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia on Saturday (August 8th), Reuters learned from Commander Abdullahi Mohamud. At least eight people died and 14 others were injured, according to ambulance services.

"It's probably a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber," Abdullahi Mohamud told Reuters. "We have managed to reach the site of the explosion on the military base. So far, we have noted 8 dead and 14 other people injured," said Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of the Aamin ambulance service.

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