At least six people, including an accounting officer working for Puntland’s finance ministry have been killed in a huge suicide explosion in northern Galkayo town on Thursday morning.Reports from Galkayo suggest that man with a bomb strapped to his waist blew up himself near the car of the accountant Said Ali Yusuf (Gada-yare) and killed six, including security guards and pedestrians.
The attack occurred near a hotel in the city, with reports that senior other official was among the dead. Local forces cordoned off the scene and launching probe into the blast.