At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters, in an attack claimed by terror group Al-Shabaab. Teenagers were lining up at the base’s gate when the attacker detonated his explosives, they said. “I was on the other side of the road. A speeding tuk-tuk stopped, a man alighted, ran into the queue, and then blew himself up. I saw 10 people dead, including recruits and passers-by. The death toll may rise,” he said. Dozens of abandoned shoes and the remains of the suicide bomber were visible at the scene. Another witness, Abdisalan Mohamed, said he had seen “hundreds of teenagers at the gate as we passed by in a bus”. “Abruptly, a deafening blast occurred, and the area was covered by dense smoke. We could not see the details of casualties,” he said. Medical staff at the military hospital told Reuters they had received 30 injured people from the blast and that six of them had died. Government forces quickly cordoned off the entire area. In a statement on Sunday, Al-Shabaab said it was behind the attack and that it had killed as many as 30 soldiers and wounded 50 more. Government officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Full report : Ten people died in a suicide blast targeting an army recruitment drive at a military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The attack was claimed by al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab.