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The Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliated terror group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack via a statement posted on its online websites.

The injured persons, among them two security force members were taken to a hospital for medical treatment, the officials said, pointing the finger of the blame at the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.

Also, the opposition presidential candidates called for the disbandment of the electoral commission packed with Farmajo allies and members of the National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA].

He has accused the independent journalists of spreading Al-Shabaab propaganda by covering news related to the terror group’s attacks in Galmudug territory.

Per Keydmedia Online sources, the drone attack in the district hit the "Radio Andalus" station operated by Al-Shabaab as its main mouthpiece channel with several offices in its strongholds in the country.

The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab terror group has claimed credit for the bomb attack, which was the latest in a string of terrorist incidents in the contested province near Somalia’s border with Kenya.

“Our children were high school graduates fell into the trap of NISA and were lured into well-paid training and work in Qatar but they have been secretly taken to Eritrea without our consent,” said a mother.

The terror group has severely restricted the movement of commercial goods and humanitarian aid transported through the land with supports that 17 trucks were burnt and drivers killed for breaking the blockade.

The attack becomes the second of its kind targeting Kenyan forces in the vicinity of Dhobley district in Lower Juba region under Jubaland, which is regularly the scene of Al-Shabaab terrorist assaults.

The council of the Presidential candidates forewarned the international community against funding the disputed polls that the incumbent president wants to rig and hijack the electoral process for his re-election.

Authorities have not released any information about where Aden is being held or what charges may be levied against him, a friend told KON, adding that his family has not been allowed to see him at the jail.

The deployment of the police came after the door to negotiate with renegade General Abukar Warsame Hud closed during the latest efforts by the Federal Interior Minister Mukhtar Hussein Afrah in the town.