Roadside blast kills 6 in Somalia

Police officers take security measures at the explosion site after a an explosion in Somalia on November 17, 2020 [Sadak Mohamed/Anadolu Agency]

At least six people were killed on Wednesday in Somalia when a roadside explosion hit a passenger bus, the state news agency reported, says Anadolu Agency.

Quoting Mohamed Ibrahim, the governor of the Lower Shabelle region, the Somali National News Agency said the victims targeted by terrorists were businesspeople.

Twelve people, including children, were also injured in the explosion, it added.

The passenger bus was traveling on a road between Marka and Qoryooley districts when it was targeted.

Roadside explosions and suicide bombings are common in Somalia, a Horn of Africa country plagued by years of insecurity caused by the al-Shabaab terrorists.

Al-Shabaab has been fighting the Somali government and African Union Mission in Somalia since 2007.

READ: Somalia arrests 14 for deadly attack at Mogadishu military camp

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.