At least seven people including two soldiers on a minibus were killed while six others were injured after Al-Shabaab militants opened fire at a vehicle at Daynunay location, about some 30 kilometers south of Baidoa town in southern Somalia, officials said.
Information Minister for Southwest State, Ugaas Hassan told reporters that the militants ambushed a civilian bus and opened fire on the passengers indiscriminately. "Al-Shabaab militants opened fire on a civilian mini-bus which had left Baidoa town and was heading to Burhakaba town in the region," Hassan said.
He added that the injured people were taken to the hospitals in Baidoa town, the administrative capital of Southwest State Administration.
Source: QNA
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