Five killed in car bombing in central Somalia

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 30, 2023 12:05 am

Mogadishu, Somalia: Five civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in a car bombing near a market in central Somalia on Thursday, police said, the latest attack to hit the fragile Horn of Africa nation.

A car rigged with explosives detonated near a busy market in the district of Buloburde in Hiran region, sending shoppers fleeing the scene, police and witnesses said.

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