Double bombing in Somalia leaves 20 dead

A pair of bombings in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland in Somalia on Sunday killed about 20 people and injured around 30 more. Both explosions were suicide attacks with vehicle bombs, one of which rammed the gate of a government building while the other targeted a marketplace.

"There were two huge bombs," said Halima Ismail, who lives in the area where the attack took place. "The first one was a truck bomb, followed a minute or so [later] by another car bomb. My brother was injured at the scene."

The attack has been claimed by al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab as part of its efforts to overthrow the Somali government.