MOGADISHU, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least one soldier was killed and three others including governor of Jalaksi district in Hiiraan region were injured on Thursday after Al-Shabaab militants attacked their convoy in central Somalia, officials said.
Jalaksi Police Commissioner Farah Aden Gafow told reporters that the militants carried out an ambush against the governor's convoy which was en route from Jowhar town to Jalaksi.
"The terrorists carried out an ambush against the convoy of the governor of Jalaksi town. One soldier died and two other soldiers were seriously wounded, the governor escaped with a slight injury on his hand," Gafow said.
The police commissioner added that the government soldiers engaged the militants in heavy gunfire but could not tell the number of casualties on the militants side.
Jalalaksi is a town in Hiiraan region in central Somalia and it is under Hirshabelle state administration. The governor was from the Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State where Lower House elections are underway.
