An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne.
An explosives-laden vehicle detonated Saturday at a security checkpoint in the central city of Beledweyne, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40 others, authorities said.
Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, the director-general of the Hirshabelle Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, confirmed the deaths.
„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,“ he said.
