An ex­plo­sion near the UNDP com­pound in Mo­gadishu this morn­ing has left at least four peo­ple wounded, ac­cord­ing to po­lice and wit­nesses.

We can con­firm that four guards work­ing for the United Na­tions were in­jured,” Ma­jor Nur Os­man, a po­lice of­fi­cer at the scene, told Reuters.

Early re­ports in­di­cate that a bomb was planted on to a Toy­ota Hilux pick-up truck that was parked in a nearby garage op­er­ated by the UNDP. A UNDP of­fi­cial con­firmed that UN staff were among those wounded.

Se­cu­rity forces im­me­di­ately cor­doned off the scene.

Al Shabaab has claimed re­spon­si­bil­ity for the at­tack in a state­ment re­leased by the mil­i­tant groups spokesper­son Sheikh Ab­di­aziz Abu Musab.

“We are be­hind the blast that in­jured at least three U.N. guards this morn­ing,”

The Al Qaeda-al­lied mil­i­tants have vowed to dis­rupt the par­lia­men­tary and pres­i­den­tial elec­tion process.

This comes just days af­ter AMI­SOM HQ in Mo­gadishu was tar­geted in a sui­cide car bomb at­tack by Al Shabaab.