Three killed in car bomb attack on peacekeepers' Somali HQ

At least three people were killed when a suicide attacker set off a car bomb at a checkpoint outside the main base of an African Union peacekeeping force in the Somali capital on Monday, police said. Islamist al Shabaab militants, who want to topple the Western-backed government, have carried out similar attacks in the past. A Reuters photographer at the scene saw the burnt-out shell of the bomber's car and another vehicle nearby on fire.