At least 10 people plus 5 soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb explosion claimed by Al-Shabab – an al-Qaeda-linked group in Mogadishu

A large explosion outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital killed at least eight people and wounded nine others Wednesday, a local doctor said.

Dr. Abdulkadir Adam of the Medina hospital shared the toll with the Associated Press. Witnesses at the scene said a passing United Nations convoy appeared to be the target near a checkpoint leading to the heavily fortified airport in Mogadishu.