An IED bomb blasted today after it was tied to a car in Guriceel of the Galgaduud region. According to preliminary reports, only the driver was killed and the vehicle completely wrecked although civilians were injured.The district commissioner Osman Nuur Taardhuled reports to Shabelle that he suspects Al-Shabaab to be behind the blast.
After the explosion, Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaaca (ASWJ) militia carried out search crackdowns in Guriceel and captured people assumed to be behind the attack.