Reports from Beledweyne indicate that a suicide bombing has taken place in the city, and the explosion occurred specifically in the Hawl-wadaag neighborhood of the city.
Witnesses say that the explosion occurred in a house where some traditional elders, politicians and military officers were staying, who were in the Hawl-wadaag neighborhood, and it is reported that there are casualties and injuries.
Security forces have reached the site of the explosion, closing the roads leading to the Howl-Wadaag neighborhood, and are providing assistance to those affected by the explosion.
This attack comes at a time when heavy operations are currently underway in Hiran and Middle Shabelle against Al-Shabaab militants who have once again returned to the liberated areas of these regions under the HirShabelle administration.
