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2018-05-10 Africa Horn

A Bomber Kills At Least 10 People In Wanlaweyn Market

[RADIOSHABELLE] A Somali official says more than 10 people were killed and several maimed in a deadly suicide kaboom at a busy market in Wanlaweyn town, about 90Km west of Mogadishu.

Confirming the incident, Abdifitah Hajji Abdulle, the deputy governor of Lower Shabelle region in charge of the finance said a bomber let 'er rip at the market.

Abdulle added that the bomber targeted a marketplace in Wanlaweyn, where Khat (narcotic leaves) is sold, killing civilians, including women.

There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast but the Somalia-based al-Shabaab
...

the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
has carried out similar attacks in the region.

Wanlaweyn lies on the outskirts of Balidogle airbase in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region, where the U.S. special forces operate a major base.

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