Five die from Somalia blast

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At least five people are reported to have been killed in a suicide attack at a stadium in the Somali city of Galkayo.

The blast occurred shortly before Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and the regional president, Ahmed Abdi Kariye, were due to speak there.

Senior army officers are said to be among the dead. Many others have been injured.

It is not clear who carried out the attack.

The Islamist movement al-Shabab and the Somali branch of the Islamic State group operate in the region.

 

 

 

BBC/Nneka Ukachukwu

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