Somali suicide bomber kills 4 at Puntland checkpoint
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has blown himself up at a military checkpoint in northern Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing at least four people.
Col. Ahmed Hussein says the bomber approached soldiers at a checkpoint Tuesday and detonated explosives strapped to his waist in Bossaso, the region's commercial hub.
Hussein says two soldiers are among the dead.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.