Waagacusub.com At least seven people were killed in a suicide car bomb explosion in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Sunday morning.The Mogadishu Regional Administration spokesman, Mr Salah Omar Hassan, said the dead included three soldiers, two children and two adult civilian pedestrians.

"We shall let the media know about the final casualty levels, but this is what we have so far identified," Mr Hassan said, adding that 14 other people were wounded in the incident.The car packed with explosives exploded at the Howlwadag, one of the 17 districts of Mogadishu.

It exploded after it hit the perimeter wall of the compound located in a residential area.

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Most impact was absorbed by a Quran school and a nearby mosque next to the district administrative centre.

"Courageous army officers guarding the district headquarter confronted the attacking car bomb, preventing it from entering the compound,” the regional spokesman added.