MOGADISHU: The toll from a twin bomb attack in the central Somali town of Baidoa has risen to 15, police said on Saturday, as the president decried what he called a desperate strike.
"The number of people who were confirmed dead are fifteen," said Somali police official Osmail Mohamed.
Friday's blast was the latest in a string of attacks and saw a suicide bomber detonate his explosives among a crowd of people drinking at a busy teashop in the town.
A second blast then went off as rescuers went to help the wounded. Those killed included two journalists, colleagues said on Friday.
Somalia President Hassan Sheik Mohamud decried the attack as an act of desperation.
"The suicide blast which targeted innocent civilians demonstrates solely the desperateness of the violent elements whose agenda is to derail the tranquility and development of this society," he said in a statement.
The attack came a day after a new federal regional leader took power in Baidoa, some 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu.
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