An attack on a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has killed at least eight people and injured 14 others, officials say.

A suicide bomber driving a car targeted the gates of the base near Mogadishu Stadium, military officials said.

Col Ahmed Muse told Associated Press that the explosion took place at the gates of the 12th April Army Brigade base close to the recently reopened sports stadium in the Warta-Nabadda district

Halima Abdisalan, a mother of three who lives near the area told Reuters news agency that soldiers opened fire after the explosion

Hitting a military base is an audacious act which is likely to worry the government, BBC World Service Africa editor Will Ross reports