Security forces in Guriel town of Galgaduud region have arrested two suspects in connection with a thwarted bomb explosion. An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber on Thursday was dramatically intercepted by security forces in Guriel town, where leaders were paying tributes to fighters who have fallen while fighting Al-Shabaab fighters in central Somalia.`
The man was strapped with suicide vests was masquerading as a poet. The local authorities have said the security officials detained the would-be suicide bomber wearing a suicide vest and, another suspected who was collaborating with the suicide bomber detonated the bomb killing himself.
According to witnesses in Guriel town, the authorities displayed the other two men. Speaking with media, Ahmed Hussein Diriye, a soldier who succeeded to thwart the suicide bomber in Guriel town said, the suspect was trying to force his way to stage where leaders of Ahlu-Sunna Wa Jama (ASWJ) were addressing the public.
