Al Shabaab suicide bombers strike at Somalia's constitution conference, kill 6

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers attacked a conference in Somalia on Wednesday but failed to stop delegates agreeing a new draft constitution that is meant to help the violence-torn East African country return to stability.

One bomber killed six security officers, while the other was shot and killed before he could detonate his bomb, police said.

Al Shabaab, Somalia's al Qaeda-linked group, said it was behind the attack and that it had succeeded in killing Somali and African Union troops.

"The two bombers wore government uniform," Colonel Mohamed Ali, a police officer, told Reuters. [...]

"We were behind the bombing. Two Mujahideen suicide bombers did it. We have killed a number of AMISOM and Somali troops," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the spokesman for Al Shabaab's military operation told Reuters.

"We had also targeted the conference with a landmine explosion before. We shall target the constitution conference and its members one by one."

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