Mogadishu (Sunatimes) A Somali parliamentarian was on Friday injured by a roadside bomb that targeted his luxury car traveling through a neighborhood in the capital city, Mogadishu, reports say.

Mohamed Ana Nug lost one of his legs in the explosion and was immediately rushed to a local hospital nearby for urgent treatment.

A relative told the media that the MP is in critical condition and appealed to the Somali government to act quickly to take him abroad for treatment.

Government soldiers reached the scene and started search operations. No arrests were so far reported.

So fat there are no group that has claimed responsibility of the explosion which is the second attack in less than two weeks.

Somali Prime Minister Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has condemned the attack.

By Fadumo Farah