Car bomb in Mogadishu market in Somalia capital kills 39, over 50 injured

MOGADISHU:  A car bomb ripped through a market in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing 39 people and injuring over 50 others, a local official said, days after Somalia elected a new president.

The car was driven by a suicide bomber, said Ahmed Abdulle Afrax, the mayor of Wadajir district where the bombing happened.