A Somali politician was wounded Monday in a bomb blast in the war-ravaged capital Mogadishu, the latest in a string of attacks, a local official said.

"The bomb was attached to his car... seriously injuring him," local district commissioner Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir told AFP. The politician, former city commissioner Farah Dahir Jimale, was rushed to hospital. One passerby was also wounded.