{"id":6628,"date":"2020-10-07T23:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T23:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2020-10-11T07:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T07:36:10","slug":"landmine-kills-6-soldiers-in-middle-shabelle-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/10\/07\/landmine-kills-6-soldiers-in-middle-shabelle-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmine kills 6 soldiers in Middle Shabelle region"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAL’AD —<\/strong> At least six soldiers were killed and four others wounded after a landmine exploded Bal\u2019ad district in Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to the residents the landmine was targeting the vehicle of the district commissioner of Balad in c which was at the time carrying the bodyguards.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted on its online affiliate media, the Al-Shabaab terror group claimed responsibility for the attack saying the landmine explosion killed a bodyguard of the Balad district commissioner.<\/p>\n

The attack comes a day after 20 passengers on board of a minibus lost their lives after it exploded.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab which is an al-Qaida affiliate militant group has been fighting Somalia\u2019s weak government-backed by the international community for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

Despite losing many territories including the capital, al-Shabaab is still capable of carrying out deadly attacks on the military bases and major towns in the horn of Africa nation and its neighbours including Kenya.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Dalsan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAL’AD — At least six soldiers were killed and four others wounded after a landmine exploded Bal\u2019ad district in Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday. According to the residents the landmine was targeting the vehicle of the district commissioner of Balad in c which was at the time carrying the bodyguards. In a statement posted on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[1103,1095,1097,1098,1099,1101,1102,1100,1096,1094],"class_list":["post-6628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster","tag-20-passengers","tag-al-shabab","tag-at-least-six-soldiers","tag-balad-district","tag-commissioner-of-balad","tag-deadly-attacks","tag-government-backed","tag-international-community","tag-landmine","tag-middle-shabelle-region"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t