Officials said the incident took place in the vicinity of Gololey about 50 Kilometers north of Mogadishu, the country's capital which has been struggling with insecurity in the last couple of months.
The dear departed persons were traveling from Mogadishu to Jowhar, the regional administrative capital of Hirshabelle, a state within southern Somalia that has been playing home to thousands of al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...bad boys, who control large swathes of the area.
Several other civilians were critically maimed, police said, and have since been transferred to Mogadishu for specialized treatment, a police spokesperson added.
Although no group has taken responsibility for the attacks, nature and the set-up is replica of al-Shabaab raids in the country, but the group is yet to confirm. The group often targets security forces, senior government officials, and even innocent civilians.