Bomb kills 12 security agents in Somalia as politicians wrangle over presidency

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Sun, 2021-02-07 17:04

MOGADISHU: Twelve security agents were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb planted outside a Somali town where political leaders had been meeting to try to resolve a row over a presidential selection process due to be held on Monday.
Extremist group al Shabaab, which analysts say is keen on exploiting the deadlock, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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