Most of the casualties were caused by the bomber who walked into the restaurant with explosives strapped around his waist, officials said. Baidoa is a key economic centre about 250 kilometres west of the capital, Mogadishu, and about the same distance east of the Ethiopian border. Baidoa is a key economic centre about 250 kilometres west of the capital, Mogadishu, and about the same distance east of the Ethiopian border. The blasts came a day before Somalia marks the first anniversary of the deadliest attack in its history, a truck bombing that killed more than 500 people in Mogadishu. He is among several people challenging former Somali parliament speaker and incumbent regional president Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden.

Source: thestar October 13, 2018 17:48 UTC