MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali police official said a roadside bomb in a remote town in Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland killed eight soldiers and injured three others.
Ahmed Mohamed told The Associated Press that Sunday’s blast targeted a military convoy in Galgala. Security forces have been battling Islamic State-linked fighters in the region.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the blast. Extremists linked to the Islamic State militant group also have carried out such attacks in the past.