Mogadishu(Mogadishu24)-At least two Somali National Army members were killed and three others injured after a remote control landmine exploded at the main checkpoint in Ceelberde town in Bakool region southwest Somalia, eyewitnesses said Tuesday.

Al-Shabaab militants claimed the responsibility for the attack and said that it killed three SNA soldiers and wounded two others in the attack in Ceelberdi town in the region.

Local authorities and SNA officials did not provide details about the deadly explosion so far.