[RADIOSHABELLE] Assailants believed to be Al-Shabaab... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
holy warriors were reported to have hurled a grenade bomb at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Monday morning.
A witness has confirmed to Radio Shabelle that the attack was targeted UAE-trained soldiers at a barracks in Kawo-Gudey vicinity in Dharkenley district.
An elderly woman has been slightly maimed by the blast.
The security forces cordoned off the area around the kaboom site, and detained a suspect in the grenade attack, according to the eyewitness.
No group has yet grabbed credit for the assault in Mogadishu which was the latest in series of incidents in the seaside capital over the past few years.