Somali police have yet to comment on the attack as gunfire is heard from multiple directions in the facility, which also hosts several hotels and offices of international organizations and diplomats.

Videos circulation on social media show huge smoke from the Mogadishu International Airport complex.

Al Shabaab group has claimed they are carrying out an attack on the Halane camp, which houses embassies.

The group claimed that they had have shot dead a number of soldiers in the complex. (ILKHA)