Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 9 in Central Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia— A suicide bombing in central Somalia killed at least nine people and wounded 10 others, a police official said Thursday.The bomber blew himself up among a group of people at a cafe near a hotel in the town of Galkayo on Thursday, ...
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 9 in Central Somalia
The wreckage of a car used for a suicide bombing sits outside a police academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. AP Photo/Farah Abdi Wasameh
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—A suicide bombing in central Somalia killed at least nine people and wounded 10 others, a police official said Thursday.

The bomber blew himself up among a group of people at a cafe near a hotel in the town of Galkayo on Thursday, said Ali Aden.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted officials from Puntland, a semiautonomous state in northeastern Somalia.

Somali police officers carry a suspected suicide car bomber wounded in a bombing outside a police academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Wasameh)
Somali police officers carry a suspected suicide car bomber wounded in a bombing outside a police academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. AP Photo/Farah Abdi Wasameh
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