Somalia explosion: Deadly car bomb kills four in capital Mogadishu

Mogadishu is regularly hit by bomb attacks carried out by Shabaab which is fighting to overthrow Somalia's internationally-backed government.

Medical workers carry away a man who was severely injured in a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP 

Somali soldiers and a boy stand near the wreckage of a three-wheeled motorcycle taxi at the scene of a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP

Somali soldiers secure the scene of a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP

A Somali soldier walks past the wreckage of a three-wheeled motorcycle taxi at the scene of a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP

Somali soldiers secure the scene of a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP

Medical workers remove the body of a civilian who was killed in a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP

Security forces attend the scene after a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP

Somali soldiers secure the scene of a car bomb explosion near the parliament building in the capital Mogadishu. | AP