SOMALIA’S government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was wounded  Sunday after an alleged suicide bomb attack.

In a statement, the prime-minister’s office confirmed the attack and added that the spokesman’s wounds “were not serious.”

A local witness described the attack that was later claimed by the Al-Shabaab group.

“I saw the car speeding and turning left as a man caught the side of the car, I don’t know if he was a suicide bomber. Within a minute, we heard a big explosion that threw me up and then I fell to the ground abruptly. I don’t know who was killed, but I saw human flesh from the blast scene flying past us,” he said.

Sunday’s attack came after Somali leaders agreed this month to wrap up parliamentary elections by Feb. 25, after repeated delays that have threatened the stability of the country.

Al-Shabaab aims to topple the U.N.-backed central government and impose its own harsh interpretation of Islamic law.

It also carries out attacks on African Union peacekeeping troops.(SD-Agencies)