Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)-At least five civilians are confirmed wounded in a mortar attack targeted to the presidential palace on Sunday witnesses said.
 
More than six mortars are confirmed fired to the palace although there is unconfirmed news saying that some of the mortars hit inside the palace also its unknown the casualty of those were hit with in the palace as the Somali leader arrived in the capital on Saturday.
 
On Saturday Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf escaped unhurt from a mortar attack by Islamist insurgents on his official residence in Mogadishu, his spokesman said.
 
"The president was at the palace when several mortars landed near the house. The president is safe," said spokesman Hussein Mohamud Hubsired.
 
"Al-Shabab, which is linked to al Qaeda, was responsible for this attack targeting the president," he said
 
Al-Shabab, which opposes the presence of foreign troops on Somali soil, has been waging an Iraq-style insurgency.
 
The attack took place hours after Yusuf arrived in the coastal capital from a trip abroad for medical treatment.
 
The 73-year-old, who had a liver transplant nearly 14 years ago, left Somalia on January 4, a month after a chest illness sparked a health scare.
 
Spokesman Hubsired said Yusuf's main priority was to "hasten the government's works" and to continue reconciliation efforts to establish lasting peace.
 

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