At least eight motor shells were fired in different areas in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday killing one child.
Several people are reported injured including five children.
A resident of Wardhigley district confirmed to Radio Dalsan that a motor shell hit in the vicinity of his neighbourhood.
Other mortar shellings were reported near the Mogadishu Stadium and  Bar Ayan area.
The shelling occurred an hour after a suicide bomber detonated a VBIED at a security checkpoint in the Kahda district.
Several civilians and soldiers were injured in the bombing.
A security alert issued on Tuesday by the UN Â indicated an imminent attack in Mogadishu by the Alqaeda linked Alshabaab.
