Twenty people died in a huge explosion in Beledweyne.
According to several sources, civilian casualties were recorded in the Saturday afternoon explosion.
Security agents believe that a suicide car bomb was responsible for the deadly explosion.
The explosion was one of the biggest ever reported in Beledweyne.
Reports indicate that a truck fitted with a bomb exploded at a taxation and security checkpoint in the town.
A gas station and nearby residential buildings were destroyed in the explosion.
