Kismayo — Witnesses and a local residents say at least one person was killed and several others injured in Somalia's Kismayo city after a bomb attack.

Reports indicated that One civilian person was killed in a hand grenade bomb blast detonated overnight at an army base next to an administrative building in the heart of Kismayo and at least five have been hurt and rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Following the attack, Forces loyal to the pro-government Ras Kamboni militia sealed off around the bomb site and conducted operations o Saturday morning, according to the sources. No group has still claimed responsibility for the attack.

Kismayo, former Somali Shebab bastion, 500 Km south of Mogadishu has witnessed a string of deadly attacks, mostly coordinated explosions against the allied forces in the city since last month.