Four relatives killed in Jowhar explosion

GOOBJOOG NEWS/JOWHAR: Four people were killed this morning after the auto-rickshaw they were traveling in stepped on a landmine killing the four instantly in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle.

The four victims said to be closely related by blood, met their death near Hansholey village on their way to Mahaday district in the Middle Shabelle region.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb attack, but Al-Shabaab has conducted such attacks in the past.