WEB DESK
In Somalia, at least 61 people were killed and many others injured this morning when a truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in capital city Mogadishu.
A government spokesman said the toll was likely to rise as scores of people were rushed to hospitals. Mayor Omar Mohamud Mohamed said university students were among those killed.
A police official said the blast targeted a tax collection centre during the morning rush hour in Mogadishu. All the dead were civilians.
There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. The Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab group often carries out such attacks.