Four people, including a woman were wounded in twin grenade blasts occurred on Thursday evening in Balad Hawo town in Gedo region, near Somali border with Kenya, an official said.
Confirming the incident, Balad Hawo district commissioner Yusuf Abdirahman Abdulkadir said unknown assailants hurled grenades into the residence of Abdifitah Nur Matan, a Somali federal lawmaker.
Abdulkadir said he could not confirm the perpetrators of the bomb attack, but he believed to be Al shabaab members who wanted to assassinate the parliamentarian.
“The MP has escaped unharmed from the attack, but four civilians, including a woman have been slightly injured in the double hand grenade explosions,” said Balad Hawo DC.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes a day after the city’s commissioner has survived an assassination attempt after a bomb fitted into his car exploded outside his office.
