A suicide truck bomber has killed thirteen people leaving 20 others wounded in central Somalia.
This was confirmed by a Police officer, Ahmed Yare Adan, in a telephone call with AFP, disclosing that the suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives towards a security checkpoint in the town of Beledweyne, on Saturday, September 23.
Adan said, “We have recovered the dead bodies of 13 people, most of them civilians who stayed nearby.
“Around 20 wounded people were already taken to hospitals, and we believe the number of the casualties could rise,” he added.
The blast which damaged nearby buildings, trapping people under the debris,in the central town of Beledweyne comes as Somali government has intensified operation against al-Shabab armed group.
AFP
