Security forces intercept explosives-laden vehicles in Dhusamareb

GOOBJOOG NEWS | DHUSAMAREB: Security forces in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state fended off a bomb attack Thursday morning.

Security sources said the forces drawn from the Somali National Army and Galmudug state forces intercepted two vehicles loaded with explosives at a junction leading to the arport.

The vehicles blew up resulting in civilian casualties but the number was not immediately established.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been overseeing the war against Al-Shabaab in Dhusamareb since the beginning of August.