Somalia’s Higher Education Ministry in the centre of the capital Mogadishu was hit by a large explosion followed by heavy gunfire.

Al Jazeera’s Mustaf Abdi Nor Shafana, reporting from the scene, said he counted the bodies of eight civilians and two soldiers after Tuesday’s assault.

Reuters news agency, quoting Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, an al-Shabaab spokesperson, said that the armed group was behind the attack.

Sources told Al Jazeera that African Union forces had quickly reached the scene, and that three gunmen had been holed up inside the building during the attack.

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