MOGADISHU (AFP) -- The spokesman of Mogadishu's mayor was killed in a roadside bomb explosion that also wounded three other people in the restive Somali capital, officials and witnesses told AFP.

""Mohamed Muhidin, Mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb's spokesman was killed in a roadside explosion in Karan district,"" said Abbas Mohamed, a media officer from the mayor's office.
The official had said earlier that the spokesman was not seriously wounded but Muhidin died of his injuries at Keysaney hospital.
Eyewitness Hasan Ali Jigle said: ""The mayor's spokesman was injured this morning in our neighborhood. He was going to his office and a bomb that was planted on the road he uses exploded.""
Mogadishu is rocked by almost daily violence pitting Ethiopian-backed government forces against the remnants of an Islamist movement that was ousted from power earlier this year but has since reverted to insurgency tactics.