At least 30 people have been confirmed dead following Saturday's Mogadishu suicide car bomb blast.
Witnesses said a car was driven near a police security checkpoint in West of Mogadishu before exploding leaving several people dead.
Red Cross personnel and AMISOM forces are currently combing the site, which is near a tax collection centre.
“The blast was devastating, and I could confirm more than 20 civilians killed, there were many more wounded, but the toll can be higher,” said a police officer, Ibrahim Mohamed.
“I have counted twenty-two dead bodies, all of them civilians and there were more than thirty others wounded, this was a dark day,” said Ahmed Moalim Warsame, who witnessed the explosion.
Abdrizack Mohamed, a Federal Government of Somalia MP, said the death toll could be 90, adding that civilians are worst affected.
"I was informed the death toll stands over 90 including 17 somali police officers, 73 civilians and 4 foreign nationals. May Allah have mercy on the victims of this barbaric attack," he tweeted.
This is not the first attack in the heavily guarded Mogadishu. A fortnight ago, at least seven people were killed at SYL hotel.
Although no group is yet to take responsibility, Al-Shabaab militants are synonymous with car suicide bomb attacks in the city.