Somalia: Dozens of Casualties in Suicide Blast

A young boy runs past the wreckage of a vehicle destroyed in an attack on police and checkpoints on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

At least 15 people were killed in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, state television said, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in a restaurant that witnesses said was packed with local officials and politicians.

A further 18 people were injured in the Beledweyne attack, the Somali National Television said on Twitter.