At least six people have been killed in a car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia's capital, police say.
The vehicle packed with explosives blew up as the convoy travelled along the road near the international airport in Mogadishu, police said.
A second blast targeted African Union (AU) vehicles about 25km (15 miles) from the city, a BBC reporter says.
Al-Shabab, an Islamist militant group linked to al-Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the airport attack.
On Tuesday, the group said it killed 36 quarry workers near the northern Kenyan town of Mandera because of the involvement of Kenyan forces in Somalia.
'Smoke all around'
The United Nations and the British and Italian embassy compounds are based near Mogadishu's heavily fortified airport.
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