Earlier this month a huge truck bomb killed at least 358 people in Mogadishu in the country's deadliest ever terrorist attack. Local residents said the road, which passes through territory controlled by Somalia's al Qaeda aligned Shabaab group, was rarely used because of security fears. By AFPMore by this AuthorMOGADISHUAt least eight people were killed and six others wounded on Sunday when a bus they were travelling in struck a land mine on a road in southern Somalia. Eight civilians were killed in the blast and six others wounded," said Ibrahim Abdulle, a district security official. AL QAEDALocal residents said the road, which passes through territory controlled by Somalia's al Qaeda aligned Shabaab group, was rarely used because of security fears.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2017 23:03 UTC