MOGADISHU: Seven people were killed in two separate bomb attacks in southern and central Somalia during the last 24 hours.
According to media reports, in the first blast, two bombs planted in front of the house of a military official in Wanlaweyn town, 90 km northwest of the capital Mogadishu, exploded late on Saturday, killing four people, including soldiers and civilians on the spot.
However, no group has claimed responsibility of the blast yet, said Wanlaweyn police officials. the source said such attacks are commonplace in Somalia, where Islamist militant organization al Shabaab have been waging a 12-year campaign to topple the central government.
A police officer, Mohamed Nur said, “First we heard a blast at the house. The military officer was absent by then. Guards and residents came to find out what caused the blast and then a second blast went off.”
According to a military official, Major Abdullahi Ahmed, in the second incident, three militants in a car carried out a suicide bomb attack at a military checkpoint in the Bacadweyn area in central Somalia’s Galmudug state on Sunday.
He said soldiers shot at the vehicle after its occupants ignored orders to stop. Three soldiers died and two others injured.
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