According to official information, at least 22 children between the ages of 10 and 15 have been killed by an explosive device while playing football in the crisis-hit country of Somalia. Three other children were injured in Qoryoley district of southern Lower Shabelle province on Friday, the province’s governor, Ibrahim Aden, said. The children found an intact explosive device on a soccer field and played with it. This one had exploded.
#UPDATEIn Muralle, into a city #Qoriyoley neighbourhood, #Somalia‘s #LowerShabelle region. pic.twitter.com/tSwh3QlmsV
— Mowliid Haji Abdi (@MowliidHaji) June 9, 2023
According to the governor, recent rains are believed to have exposed the explosive device, believed to have been left behind by terrorists from the Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab. The group controls large parts of southern Somalia and repeatedly attacks civilians, soldiers and politicians. (sda/dpa)
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