Suicide bomber kills four army officers in Somalia

BOSASO, Somalia: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a military camp in the Somali town of Galkayo on Saturday, killing four officers, officials said, an attack claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group.

The dead included a military commander and two colonels, the town's mayor, Hirsi Yusuf Barre, told Reuters. The camp houses a force made up of soldiers from the country's semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and Galmudug who have been integrated into the federal army under efforts to unite the fractured country.

"The death toll may rise," police officer Abdirahman Haji said. Al Shabaab’s military operation spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, said it killed five people in the attack. Ageuters