A vehicle packed with explosives triggered an explosion at a security checkpoint in the central Somali city of Beledweyne Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others, according to Reuters.
BREAKING: At least 20 people were killed in a truck bombing at a taxation and security checkpoint in Beledweyne town. The explosion also destroyed nearby residential areas and a gas station pic.twitter.com/dKfU1KEVrk
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“Twenty of the wounded have been admitted to Beledweyne hospitals, while another 20 are in critical condition, prompting a request for their airlift to Mogadishu for advanced medical treatment,” Abdirahman Dahir Gure, said the interior minister of Hirshabelle state.
A triple suicide bombing wreaked havoc in the central Mali town of Sevare earlier this year. The explosions, which razed approximately 20 buildings to the ground, resulted in the death of 9 people, with more than 60 individuals sustaining injuries. All those who were killed and wounded in the explosion were civilians.