Beledweyn (RBC) At least one person was killed and more than five others were injured on Saturday night after a hand grenade targeted to a tea shop in Beledweyn town, on central Somalia region of Hiiraan.
According to police officer, men armed with hand grenades threw the bomb to civilians sitting in the tea shop at the centre of the town and immediately escaped from the area before the security forces reached there.
Colonel Isaq Ali, the regional police commissioner said the police were investigating the perpetrators despite no one was arrested yet for the explosion.
“We are yet proping up the explosion, as we are very sorry for the attack against civilians.” the police commissioner said.
The security of Beledweyn town has been calm in the past months despite several bomb attacks were targeted against bases for the security forces and civilian buildings in the town.
Beledweyn explosion came after a deadly suicide attacks hit the country’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday killing more than 20 people. Al Shabab rebel group claimed the resp9nsiblity of the Mogadishu attacks.
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