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| Somalia: At least 20 killed in Mogadishu explosions, gunfire |
| 2018-11-10 |
| [Al Jazeera] At least 20 people have been killed and 17 injured in kabooms followed by heavy gunfire in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to police. Plumes of smoke billowed into the air on Friday as at least two boom-mobiles went off near the popular Sahafi Hotel and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Initially, "two blasts struck the perimeter of the Sahafi Hotel along the main road," Ibrahim Mohammed, police official, was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. A third kaboom later hit the busy street, according to witnesses. Although the attackers "failed to access the hotel, the blasts outside the hotel killed many people," police captain Mohammed Hussein told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named news agency. |
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