CAR BOMB BLAST KILLS 6 IN SOMALIA

 Somali soldiers`walk near the car wreckage of a suicide bomber in Mogadishu, Somali , Thursday Feb,1 3 2014, Somali police say the car bomb exploded near the gate of Mogadishu airport Thursday, killing at least three people and wounded five others, the latest attack in the Somali capital that has seen a relative stability since the ouster of Islamist insurgents two years ago.

  A government soldier walks past a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Police said the car bomb explosion near the airport has killed at least three people and wounded five. Police Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the blast was detonated by remote control at the busy junction and blamed the militant group al-Shabab.

  Somali soldier picks up debris near the wreckage of car used by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu, Somali , Thursday Feb,13, 2014, Somali police say a car bomb exploded near the gate of Mogadishu airport Thursday, killing at least three people and wounded five others, the latest attack in the Somali capital that has seen a relative stability since the ouster of Islamist insurgents two years ago

A Somali soldier looks at a burning restaurant after the suicide car bomb in Mogadishu, Somali , Thursday Feb,13, 2014, Somali police say a car bomb exploded near the gate of Mogadishu airport Thursday, killing at least three people and wounded five others, the latest attack in the Somali capital that has seen a relative stability since the ouster of Islamist insurgents two years ago.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb exploded close to a convoy of United Nations vehicles near Mogadishu's international airport on Thursday, killing six Somalis on the street, officials said. Al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility.

A U.N. vehicle was damaged but said no U.N. staff were injured, said Nicholas Kay, U.N. representative to Somalia. He said four security escorts were lightly wounded.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack and expressed "deep condolences" to the families of the Somalis killed and injured, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

"The secretary-general remains determined to support the Somali government in preventing such attacks and holding the perpetrators accountable ... (and) reaffirms the undeterred resolve of the United Nations to support the people and federal government of Somalia," Nesirky said.

The U.N. Security Council expressed "outrage" at the attack and reaffirmed that the explosion and other acts of terrorism would not weaken "their determination to stand by the people of Somalia as they seek peace and stability."

Al-Shabab, Somalia's most lethal militant group claimed responsibility, boasting that the attack had killed U.N. personnel. Al-Shabab frequently makes false claims.
The remote controlled blast killed six Somalis and wounded eight, said police Col. Ahmed Hassan Maalin.

The blast occurred at the city's busy airport junction. The heavily fortified Mogadishu airport is the base for the U.N., other international diplomats and African Union forces that help support Somalia's government.

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