Ali Hassan, a police officer in Galkayo, said others were injured in the blast, which occurred at the doorway to the sports stadium.
Some high-ranking members of the Somali army were among those killed in the explosion, in step with native reports.
A suicide bomber attacked a stadium in Somalia’s central city of Galkayo on Friday, killing fifteen individuals. The incident happened shortly before the country’s new Prime Minister Mohammad Hussain Robal arrived there
Ali Hassan, a police officer from Galkayo, said that the explosion occurred at the doorway of the stadium. Many folks have additionally been injured in this.
In line with native reports, some high-ranking members of the Somali army are also among those killed in the blast. Al-Shabaab Jihadi rebels from Somalia have claimed responsibility for the attack.
The extremist organization ‘Al Shabaab’, which is related to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Somalia, has often carried out such attacks before.
The extremist group was repulsed from Mogadishu many years ago, however, it continues to carry out such huge attacks on security checkpoints, hotels, and along the seashore.
Al Shabab additionally detonated a fierce truck bomb in Mogadishu in 2017, killing an additional than 500 folks.
A lot of than 73 people were killed and several were injured in an exceedingly truck bomb blast at a security check post in Mogadishu in December last year.
Most of these were students from universities and other establishments who went out for their classes.
On Friday, fifteen people were killed in a very suicide attack in the Somalia city of Galkayo. The incident happened shortly before the country’s new Prime Minister Mohammad Hussain Robal arrived there. Al-Shabaab Jihadi rebels from Somalia have claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bombing has been claimed by Somalia’s al-Shabab jihadist rebels, consistent with the group’s Andalus radio station.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who took a workplace in September, was visiting the town as part of a tour of the central state of Galmudug. Galkayo is 750 kilometers (46six miles) north of the Somali capital.
The bombing has been claimed by Somalia’s al-Shabab jihadist rebels, consistent with the group’s Andalus radio station.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who took a workplace in September, was visiting the town as part of a tour of the central state of Galmudug. Galkayo is 750 kilometers (466 miles) north of the Somali capital.
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