[4][5] It also follows the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab's forces from the area in August after an AMISOM intervention to bring aid to the country during a season of drought.
Turkey, which also increased its involvement in Somalia with a pledge to re-open its embassy in Mogadishu,[11][12][13] released a statement clarifying the events that took place.
AMISOM and TFG (Transitional Federal Government) forces cordoned off the area soon after the blast.
[11] Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying: "One of our mujahideen made the sacrifice to kill TFG [Transitional Federal Government] officials, the African Union troops and other informers who were in the compound."
A spokesman for the group, Ali Mohamud Rage, later said that: "Somalis, we warn you: keep away from government buildings and the bases of their soldiers, more serious blasts are coming.