No fewer than four football players have been killed after a bomb hit their team bus in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, Africa Today News, New York has learnt.
According to reports, at least 10 others were injured in the attack in the unfortunate attack.
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According to sources, the bus carrying the players was completely destroyed.
The team was heading to a stadium in Kismayo to play a match.
Radio Mogadishu said government officials were expected at the stadium where a local league competition was scheduled to launch today.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the government has already put the blame on al-Shabab.