At least 3 people were killed, and 10 others wounded in twin grenade blasts in Somalia’s southern port city of Marka, 100Km south of Mogadishu on Thursday.
local residents reported loud explosions followed by sustained gunshots coming from parts of the city after assailants hurled grenades at Somali army barracks.
Somali security officials in the seaside town blamed the deadly bomb attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab militants.
Al Shabaab has lost the city’s control to SNA and AU troops in 2012, a year after the militants were driven out of Mogadishu, the conflict-riddled Somali capital.
Somali military officers have imposed a curfew on Marka following the explosions, in an attempt to beef up the security and prevent impending attacks.
