The regional state’s front man, Nuradin Yusuf told Radio Shabelle via phone that the kabooms resulted from IEDs planted inside a busy livestock market in the small town.
The blasts occurred as livestock traders gathered for the weekly transaction. The injured were rushed to nearby health centres in Baidoa for further treatment.
The deadly attack comes as Southwest state president, Abdiasis Hassan Mohammed Lafta Gareen is paying his first visit to Diinsoor town in Bay region.
The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...which is fighting to topple internationally backed government still controls some areas mainly in the south despite losing large ground.