At least six people, including an accounting officer working for Puntland's finance ministry have been killed in a huge suicide explosion in northern Galkayo town on Thursday morning.
Reports from Galkayo suggest that man with a bomb strapped to his waist blew up himself near the car of the accountant Said Ali Yusuf (Gada-yare) and killed six, including security guards and pedestrians.
The attack occurred near a hotel in the city, with reports that senior other official was among the dead. Local forces cordoned off the scene and launching probe into the blast.
Al shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack in the north-eastern semi-autonomous state of Puntland, saying its target was the accounting chief.
Puntland forces have battled Al shabaab militants at the coast last week, and claimed it killed more than 100 fighters and capturing scores of combatants as prisoners of war.
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