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Suicide bomber kills four army officers in Somalia: mayor

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.

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