Bosaso (Sunatimes) An explosion on Tuesday in Somalia’s commercial city of Bosaso killed three police officers, witnesses said.

A landmine exploded, killing the officers who were trying to remove it from the area, according to eyewitnesses.

The victims of the blast were part of security officers on Landmine removal mission who were sent to comb areas suspected of containing explosives in the city.

Although no group has claimed responsibility of the explosion, Puntland immediately blamed Al-Shabaab rebel group. There were no comments from Al-Shabaab.

Police were seen patrolling and frisking people along the major roads leading in an outside the seaside city. Others were seen combing in for explosives that might have been buried in the area.

The explosion comes a day after Puntland police thwarted similar attacks in the city after they unearthed three unexploded explosive devices buried in some of the busiest streets in the city. Bomb experts later detonated the explosives outside the town.

It also comes a time when locals and authorities in the city are getting ready for the visiting Somali Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, who is now at Amaro town, 100 KM south of Bosaso town. Ali is expected to arrive in Bosaso later today.

By Rooble Dirir