In Somalia, 7 people succumbed and six others were injured in a car bomb blast in the capital, Mogadishu. A spokesman for the Mogadishu administration, Abdifatah Omar Halane, said a car exploded yesterday near a busy bus stop in Hamarweyne District causing this incident. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, claiming responsibility, Somalia's al Shabaab group today said, they had attacked Barire military base with suicide car bombs resulting in casualties of 17 soldiers. They said they also took control of the base and a nearby town.