A plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus crashed in Somalia, killing all six people on board, the Somali transport minister said.

He declined to speculate on the cause of the crash, but a former defence minister said that he spoke to a witness at the airfield who said the plane appeared to have been shot down.

Six people - the pilot, copilot, flight engineer and a trainee pilot, as well as two people working for the airline - were onboard. Five bodies were recovered so far.