Old bomb remnants explode in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, leaving 27 people dead, mostly children, and 53 others wounded
The region is a target of Al Shabab terror group, which has waged an insurgency against the internationally backed Somali federal government since 2007. / Photo: TRT World
Abdi Ahmed Ali said on Friday that a blast"caused by unexploded mortar shells" occurred near the town of Qoryoley, around 120 kilometres south of the capital, Mogadishu. Qoryoley resident Ibrahim Hassan told the AFP news agency most of the victims were"young children" who"died on the spot after one of them struck an explosive device near a playground".
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