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Suicide bomber kills 16 in Somali cafe attack aimed at foreign troops
Source: Reuters
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Somali cafe attack aimed at foreign troops
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU | Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:42am EDT
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people on Saturday in an attack on a cafe in a Somali town close to the Ethiopian border frequented by local and foreign soldiers fighting al Qaeda-linked rebels.
Al Shabaab said it had carried out the bombing, in the town of Baladweyne, targeting troops participating in an African Union peacekeeping force fighting the Somali Islamist group.
"A man with an explosives jacket entered unexpectedly in the tea shop where soldiers and civilians sat ... and blew himself up," said local elder Ahmed Nur, speaking from the scene of the blast.
At least 16 people were killed and 33 wounded, local politician Dahir Amin Jesow told Reuters by telephone from Baladweyne. "The death toll may rise."
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By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU | Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:42am EDT
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people on Saturday in an attack on a cafe in a Somali town close to the Ethiopian border frequented by local and foreign soldiers fighting al Qaeda-linked rebels.
Al Shabaab said it had carried out the bombing, in the town of Baladweyne, targeting troops participating in an African Union peacekeeping force fighting the Somali Islamist group.
"A man with an explosives jacket entered unexpectedly in the tea shop where soldiers and civilians sat ... and blew himself up," said local elder Ahmed Nur, speaking from the scene of the blast.
At least 16 people were killed and 33 wounded, local politician Dahir Amin Jesow told Reuters by telephone from Baladweyne. "The death toll may rise."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/19/us-somalia-bomb-idUSBRE99I02C20131019
