At least 30 people were killed and scores more injured in two explosions at a mosque in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, witnesses said today.
It was the second attack this week on a mosque in Bakara Market, an area of Mogadishu dominated by members of the country's two main insurgent groups, Hizbul Islam and al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab.
It was not clear who was behind the mosque blasts, although residents suspected they could be the result of infighting between the insurgent groups, who are both trying to topple the Western-backed government.
Some witnesses said they believed that a senior leader of al Shabaab, Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, was the target of today's explosion. Khalaf, also know as Fuad Shongole, is on a list of people in Somalia subject to UN sanctions.
The mosque is often used by al Shabaab officials to deliver speeches.
Reuters