Hiiraan Online
MOGADISHU (HOL) ---Suspected al-Shabab fighters launched a complex attack targetting the headquarters of a local administration in south-western Somalia, officials said Thursday.
Gunmen with explosives strapped on their waists stormed the headquarters of south western state, a regional administration based in Baidoa.
Security sources told HOL that the assailants who started their attacks with a suicide bombing managed to infiltrate the heavily fortified headquarters of the administration, engaging with guards
guarding the centre.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack which also targettted the United Nations compound and the nearby airport.
Ethiopian troops who are parts of the AU forces are protecting the town which is the regional capital for the administration led by the former parliament speaker of Somalia Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden.
Residents in the town told HOL that gunfire could still be heard in the town, despite officials claim that all attackers were killed.
HOL will keep you posted for any updates as they come.