At least seven people were killed Wednesday when two cars loaded with explosives detonated outside a military training camp in the southern Somali town of Bardhere. “The militants targeted regional military recruits with two car bombs. Seven recruits were killed and at least 18 injured,” Osman Nuh Haji, the deputy Gedo region governor in charge of security, told VOA. In an interview with VOA Somali, Bardhere District Commissioner Mohamed Wali Yusuf said regional security forces prevented the suicide car bombs from reaching the recruitment camp. In March, a similar car bomb attack on the town's regional guesthouse killed several soldiers and injured 10 others.

Source: Ethiopian News June 21, 2023 20:44 UTC