Mogadishu, Rajab 19, 1438, Apr 16, 2017, SPA -- A Somali police officer says security forces shot dead two extremist fighters who were involved in a mortar attack in the Somali capital early Sunday. Security forces pursued and clashed with armed men who had fired mortar shells near Mogadishu's international airport, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein. Two of the insurgents were killed, he said. The attackers detonated a minibus they were travelling in, he said. No other casualties from the blast have been reported. "Information provided by the people has led to the killing of these thugs who inflicted harm to many people in this neighborhood," AP quoted Somalia's Security Minister Mohamed Abukar Islow as saying. --SPA 23:10 LOCAL TIME 20:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w378107