Speaking to the state-run radio, the director of national security agency Ahmed Moalim Fiqi said that they have arrested several suspects for the killing of the soldiers.

He said the suspects are now undergoing intensive interrogations to determine their alleged role in the death of the officer.

He also said they are holding in custody another suspect who is believed to have been the man behind the grenade attack at an entertainment place in the same district.

Fiqi, however, said they will set up security measures in Mogadishu and promised to continue with their security operations in order to secure the lives and properties of citizens in the city.