Somalia: Explosion kills at least 27 people, mostly children in Lower Shabelle; Many injured

Somalia: Explosion kills at least 27 people, mostly children; Many injured in Lower Shabelle

Mogadishu: At least 27 people, most of them children, were killed when remnants of an old bomb exploded in Lower Shabelle region on Friday, according to the state-run Somali National News Agency (SONA).

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According to SONA, the blast also left 53 people injured.

The blast occured in the Murale village in the Janaale area of the eastern Lower Shabelle region. (with Agency inputs)

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