Fighters from the extremist insurgent group Al-Shabab have killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack in central Somalia, clan chiefs and local officials said on Saturday, AFP reported.
The attack comes two weeks after Al-Shabab, which has waged a long insurgency against the Somali state, besieged a hotel in the capital Mogadishu for 30 hours, leaving 21 people dead and 117 injured.
“The terrorists massacred innocent civilians who were traveling... last night.”
