The Mayor of Jalalaqsi was among the people who were killed when a car bomb exploded in the region on Wednesday.
Sources revealed that Mayor Adan Mohamed Isse was among 15 people killed in the vehicle-based improvised explosive device (VBIED).
Mohamed Nur, an outgoing district commissioner, also lost his life in the shockingly deadly explosion.
They died in twin explosions that took place in Jalalaqsi and Bulobarde.
Al-Shabaab terrorists were responsible for the twin VBIED attacks.
In Bulobarde, one person died when a bomb planted in a car exploded just before reaching a nearby bridge.
The bridge is critical to the ongoing military operations against terrorists in the region.