TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – A bomb blast on Sunday led to the killing and injuring of several military forces of Somalia.

Five Somalian troops were killed and 2 others were injured during the blast, according to Anadolu.

Al-Shabaab terrorists have claimed responsibility for the blast.

No further details have been released on the attack and Somalia's security officials and police have not commented.

Al-Shabaab is an armed terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda and has carried out many terrorist operations that have killed hundreds of people in Africa.

Al-Shabaab terrorists have repeatedly attacked government troops and African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and carried out several bloody operations in other parts of Africa.

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