An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne.
Images on social media showed black smoke billowing and a smashed truck cab blazing at the checkpoint.
Dr. Suleyman Abdi Ali, the director of Beledweyne General Hospital, said the bodies of 10 victims were brought to his hospital.and controls parts of Somalia. “It was a truck loaded with explosive devices that forcefully passed through the government-manned checkpoint, and a pickup vehicle belonging to security personnel was chasing it when it exploded,” witness Abdikadir Arba, who said he was about 200 meters away and was one of the first responders, told The Associated Press by phone.
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