Mogadishu-KNN-At least Nine Somali soldiers were killed and others injured in a deadly bomb attack on Thursday targeting a military vehicle in Wanlaweyn town in southern Somalia, about 90 km northwest of the capital of Mogadishu, local officials said.
Local officials said the improvised explosive device (IED) tore the military vehicle in which the soldiers were traveling on its way to Afgoye town, about 30 km west of Mogadishu.
Regional officials told Radio Kulmiye that 13 soldiers and their commander was on the military vehicle.
The unnamed commander was in those dead.
Wanla-weyn district yesterday hosted suicide explosion which killed more than 10 people and more others wounded.
