(Mogadishu) At least four Somali government soldiers have been killed
and six wounded by a suicide bomber who attacked a tea restaurant in the town
of Galkayo in central Somalia.
The
attack happened on the northern side of the town controlled by the Puntland
semi-autonomous region. An eye witness stated:
"A young man wearing a suicide vest rushed toward the restaurant where government security officials and their guards gathered and blew himself up"
Col. Abdi Hukun Abdullahi Mohamed, the commander of the
town's security patrol teams, senior Somali military official Abdikani Ahmed
Geyre, another army colonel and one of their guards died in the attack.
