Car bomber kills 5 after ramming into military convey in Somalia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Somali police official says five people were killed after a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy.
Mohamed Abdi, an officer at the scene of Sunday's blast, said four civilians and a soldier died in the attack.
The car bombing falls into a pattern of attacks blamed on the militant group al-Shabab, which has been pushed out of much of the areas it occupied in South and Central Somalia by African Union troops.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It has vowed to continue with attacks. It claimed responsibility for an attack on Somali's Supreme Court last month that killed 35.
In March, an explosives-laden car targeting a truck of government officials hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a mini-bus on fire and killing at least seven.