Somalia's prime minister narrowly escapes female suicide bomber But the building was yesterday turned into a scene of carnage as the crowd struggled to carry the wounded to safety and collect the bodies of the dead. Sa'dia Mohamed Hassan was sitting in the crowd three rows behind the suicide bomber, who was only three rows behind the Prime Minister for much of the start of the ceremony. "We suspected her because she came with no ID and no invitation, but at first she refused to allow the police to check her," Miss Hassan, a television journalist attending the event to receive an award, told The Daily Telegraph. When they pointed their guns at her, she lifted her long gown a bit, and nothing was seen, and the police allowed her to sit. As the commotion died down, the Prime Minister stood to begin his speech and the woman became "busy, looking down, her hands inside her gown" and then "she stood up one more time and exploded." "The place was very beautiful, but it turned into blood and meat, it was very awful moment to see some of the colleagues laying and crying for help," Miss Hassan said. An investigation had already begun last night into how the woman had managed to evade security checks entering the theatre grounds, and then why she was not properly searched when suspicions were raised. Matt Baugh, Britain's ambassador to Somalia, said he "unreservedly condemned [the] barbaric attack." "This will only serve to strengthen our resolve to help the Somali people bring lasting peace and stability to their country," he said from Mogadishu, where Britain reopened its embassy earlier this year. More than 40 of those injured during the explosion were treated at the city's Medina Hospital, with more than 30 still under heavy sedation last night. "There are some who were burnt, and some who had serious injuries and fractures, and some who we have advised their relatives to keep them here because of severe shock," said Yahye Moalim Yusuf, a doctor at the hospital. The attack was an attempt to "derail the hopes and dreams of the Somali people," said Brig Gen Audace Nduwumunsi, deputy commander of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. "The terrorists...will fail," he said. Yet again the terrorists' methods show that they are enemies of peace and are foreign to Somali culture. We encourage people in Mogadishu to continue to come forward with information about possible attacks and explosives. We are your friends and brothers as you seek to build a better way of life. Almost three-quarters of recently attempted bombings had been foiled because Somalis reported suspicious circumstances to authorities, Brig Gen Nduwumunsi added. Since the Islamists were pushed out of Mogadishu last year, strict rules regulating daily life have been eased, security has markedly improved and businesses are beginning to flourish. Alongside the reopening of the National Theatre, Mogadishu's main public beach is once again open to the public, men and women can gather together in public without fear of punishment and watching televised football no longer risks retribution. But al-Shabaab, which still controls most of the south of the country, last night warned that it would "hunt down and execute" government officials "slavishly serving and helping the invaders." Kenyan and Ethiopian troops are both in Somalia battling alongside the AU force in an attempt to crush the Islamists.