Car bombs kill at least 10, level houses in central Somalia

MOGADISHU, 04 January 2023, (TON): A government-allied militia and a local elder said “two car bombs detonated by militants killed at least 10 people and flattened several houses in central Somalia’s Hiraan region.”

Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab has been waging an insurgency against Somalia’s government since 2007. It was pushed out of Hiraan last year by government forces and allied clan militias known as macawisley, but has continued to stage attacks.

“We were awoken this morning by two huge explosions,” Ahmed Nur, a local elder, said. “We have seen many houses levelled to the ground. At least 10 people died including civilians, soldiers and macawisley fighters.”

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