(Medeshi)- Somaliland - several people were killed and others injured yesterday after a bomb exploded in a vehicle parked in front a mosque in Buuhoodle.
The vehicle was lauded with explosives and was driven by a suspected Al Shabaab operative according to sources. The bomb exploded after people finished Magreb prayers and were coming out of Jama Dheere mosque east of the town . One of the people injured in the attack is reportedly a former Al Shabaab member that had deserted the group which could explain the motive of the attack.
Among the dead are : Ahmed Mohamoud Doolaal , former minister of internal affairs of Khaatumo, Abdirizaak Mohamed Regal - former assistant of Indhasheel of Al Shabaab ; and Afweyne who was a military commander of Khaatumo.
Updates to follow.
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The vehicle was lauded with explosives and was driven by a suspected Al Shabaab operative according to sources. The bomb exploded after people finished Magreb prayers and were coming out of Jama Dheere mosque east of the town . One of the people injured in the attack is reportedly a former Al Shabaab member that had deserted the group which could explain the motive of the attack.
Among the dead are : Ahmed Mohamoud Doolaal , former minister of internal affairs of Khaatumo, Abdirizaak Mohamed Regal - former assistant of Indhasheel of Al Shabaab ; and Afweyne who was a military commander of Khaatumo.
Updates to follow.
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