Police say Abdirashid Abdunur, intelligence chief for Dhusamareeb city, was killed within the blast claimed by al-Shabab.
A roadside bomb went off simply outdoors the central Somalia city of Dhusamareeb on Sunday, killing 12 brokers working for the Nationwide Intelligence and Safety Company, police mentioned.
These killed included Abdirashid Abdunur, the pinnacle of the intelligence company in Dhusamareeb, police officer Mohamed Ahmed mentioned.
The al-Qaeda-linked armed group, al-Shabab, claimed accountability for the assault.
Political leaders have been assembly in Dhusamareeb, a city about 510 kilometres (317 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, to attempt to resolve a dispute over learn how to maintain an election due on Monday.
A deal on how to decide on a brand new president on Monday has been elusive to this point, threatening to unleash extra political turmoil.
Somalia had initially aimed to carry its first direct election in additional than 30 years however delays in preparations, and the federal government’s incapacity to rein in each day assaults by al-Shabab, meant switching to an oblique vote, with elders selecting legislators who would select a president.
Nonetheless, regional authorities in at the very least two of Somalia’s 5 federal states, Puntland and Jubbaland, oppose holding the election for now.