Eyewitnesses told Shabelle radio by phone that a car filled with explosives went off in Halgan during the morning rush-hour, targeting senior regional officials and military officers.
The CID Commander of Beledweyne Police Station, Jamal Ahmed Jama, and two others are confirmed to be among the fatalities.
Al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...has grabbed credit, saying it struck a military base with a boom-mobile.
There are also civilians who suffered wounds in the attack, as well as commercial buildings were destroyed in the earth-shattering kaboom, which was the biggest to happen in the town this year.
Al-Shabaab seems stepped up attacks in central regions, where the army is conducting operations to retake the areas still remained under the control of the krazed killers.