Fighting between Somali troops and Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab fighters was ongoing Tuesday in the key city of Afgoye, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu, a security source and a witness said.

“Fierce fighting is taking place in several bases in Afgoye, one of which came under attack from a booby-trapped car,” Abdulakir Ahmed, a local security official, told AFP. A resident said the target of the bomb attack was a local police station.

Source: AFP