At least nine people were killed and 15 injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus on the main road linking the Somali capital with the south-central town of Baidoa, according to witnesses Wednesday.
The incident occurred late Tuesday at Jiro-Kulow, some 110 kilometers west of Mogadishu, according to Ahmed Yakub, who said one of his relatives was among those hurt and hospitalized in Mogadishu.
"The attackers opened fire on the bus indiscriminately killing nine and wounding more than 15," said Yakub, adding that that the motive of the attack was still unclear, according to AFP.
The dead included two women and seven men, five of them Islamic clergymen, another survivor said. A doctor in one of the hospitals treating the wounded said two of his patients were in critical condition. (Albawaba.com)
