Bomb Kills Five During Football Match In Somalia
The blast went off in the port town of Barawe, in the Lower Shabelle region, when residents were watching a football match on Thursday afternoon, police said.
"The bomb killed five people and injured a dozen others in the football field. All the casualties were from the onlookers," Mahad Dhoore, a lawmaker for South West state said.
Police officer Mohamed Aden said the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group was suspected of being behind the attack and put the number of dead at four and wounded at 12. "We believe al Shabaab was behind and that the target was officials who were not seated there at the time of the match. The bomb looked like a remotely controlled one that was planted there,"
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