BREAKING: Somali police say at least three al Shabab suspects have died after an explosive-laden auto–rickshaw they were driving has exploded near Yardımeli hospital in Mogadishu's Hamar-Jajab. https://t.co/t3BPt6xMv8 pic.twitter.com/A7T9ThGamb
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...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...hard boyz were killed after a tuk-tuk they were in went
kaboom!in a police chase in Mogadishu.
Banaadir Regional Police Command said the hard boyz had attempted to seize a police checkpoint along General Da’ud Street in Hamar Jajab district but police responded in hot pursuit against them. The street connects Villa Somalia and the Port of Mogadishu.
Police said the tuk-tuk was filled with explosives the hard boyz intended to use for an attack.
One civilian who was in the vicinity was injured, police said.