Death Toll From Truck Bomb at Checkpoint in Somalia Rises to 21

Smoke billows after an explosion in Beledweyne, Somalia, on Sept. 23, 2023, in a still from video. AP

MOGADISHU, Somalia—The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21, authorities said Sunday.

The number of wounded in Saturday’s truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52, said Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, director general of the Hirshabelle ministry of humanitarian and disaster management.