Somali forces apprehended two al-Shabaab suspects after Afgoye blast

Somali security forces apprehended two suspected Al-Shabaab suspects following security operation hours after a landmine explosion rocked the agricultural town, Afgoye in the Lower Shabelle region.

According to police officials who spoke to the media, the two were nabbed after the officers acting on a public tip-off raided a house in the town. A police commander in the town said the police are also hunting down several other suspects linked to the Monday blast attack in the town.

Monday’s blast claimed the lives of two civilians and wounded several other people. The bomb targeted Somali soldiers at a checkpoint in the town. The people wounded in the attack included one soldier. The wounded were taken to medical facilities in the town for treatment, according to local media.

Afgoye is an agricultural town located some 30 kilometres (18 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu.