Eyewitnesses at Ediofe said that the two boys attempted to steal a motorcycle, but their luck ran out, and they were intercepted by boda boda cyclists. An angry mob descended on them and stoned them to death.
International news agencies such as AFP and France24 have reported that Al-Shabaab gains are as a result of shaky support from the United States and African Union. Al-Shabaab have seized key locations in Middle and Lower Shabelle, coastal regions on both sides of Somalia Capital, Mogadishu.
John Ogwal, the LCIII Chairperson of Nabwal Sub County, said that they ordered all the people to remove cows from protected kraals and keep them within their backyards around the home compound.