A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 15 people, authorities say

MOGADISHU, Somalia –

An explosives-laden automobile detonated Saturday at a safety checkpoint within the central Somalia metropolis of Beledweyne, killing at the least 15 individuals and wounding 40 others, authorities stated.

Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, the director-general of the Hirshabelle Ministry of Humanitarian and Catastrophe Administration, confirmed the deaths.

“Twenty of the wounded have been admitted to Beledweyne hospitals, whereas one other 20 are in vital situation, prompting a request for his or her airlift to Mogadishu for superior medical remedy,” he stated.

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Hirshabelle is a state that features Beledweyne, which is the capital of the Hiran area and has been the centre of the Somali authorities’s newest army offensive towards extremists from East Africa’s al Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabab.

Photos on social media confirmed black smoke billowing and a smashed truck cab blazing on the checkpoint.

Dr. Suleyman Abdi Ali, the director of Beledweyne Normal Hospital, stated the our bodies of 10 victims had been delivered to his hospital.

There was no quick declare of duty from al-Shabab, which regularly carries out such assaults and controls components of Somalia.