Mogadishu (RBC) Al Shabab which is a militant group in Somalia said they have ambushed on Tuesday a convoy carrying Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud while heading to Marka town, 110 km away from the capital Mogadishu.
According to pro-Al Shabab website the group’s fighters ambushed the president’s convoy near Shalanbod district of Lower Shabelle region.
There were no casualties reported while residents said they have heard a landmine explosion before the president’s convoy passed the area.
Presidential spokesman Abdurahman Omar Yarisow has denied the claims and said there was no any attack.
President Mohamud who is currently paying his first to the Lower Shabelle region has travelled on land early today from Mogadishu to Marka town, the regional capital.
The president started meetings with the local community including elders and civil society organizations in the region as part of government’s policy to reach out the citizens in the country.
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