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Suicide car bomb kills seven people near Govt. base.
Friday Dec. 01, 2006
11:30 AM
By Sh.M.Network
At least seven people have been killed and six others have been wounded in what believed to be a car bomb attack at the main gateway of Baidoa town the makeshift capital of the Somali transitional federal government.
The explosion believed to be a suicide act occurred near a checkpoint at the Bakin main road to Baidoa city killing seven persons.
Adam Bid a police commander in Baidoa town told radio Shabelle that a government officer was among the dead. Mr. Adam has also confirmed that one police killed in the explosion but gave no further details.
Toyota Mark II carrying passengers from the Somali capital Mogadishu was on its way to Baidoa town exploded soon after it reached at the checkpoint that was manning the government soldiers. Two other cars have also burnt.
According to eyewitnesses who were at the scene described the explosion very huge and heard through the town.
The cause of the explosion is not clear but some reports confirm that a car packed with explosive devices caused the explosion.
No one has claimed the responsibility of it.
This is the second suicide attack occurred in Baidoa town. On 18 September, double suicide car bombings had taken place in Baidoa as the Somalia president Abdulahi Yusuf escaped the suicide attacks but his younger brother and a number of people died in the explosions.
The wounded people were rushed to Baioda hospital to receive treatment.
The extent of the casualties is yet to confirm.
The Baidoa police and the forces of the Somali federal government have closed the whole area where the explosion took place investigating the origin of the explosion.
No word from the government side with reference to this suicide explosion.
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