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Somali capital bombing kills 16

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 13:19 GMT,
Saturday, 24 January 2009

Somali capital bombing kills 16

A policeman and 15 civilians have been killed
in a suicide car bomb attack in the Somali
capital, Mogadishu.

The city's governor said the bomb was detonated
at a police checkpoint, about 200m from a look-
out post belonging to the African Union
peacekeeping mission.

Mohamed Osman Ali described the attack as a
"massacre", but said it was not immediately
clear who was responsible.

The AU mission is guarding Mogadishu's presidential
palace, but most of the city is controlled by
Islamist rebels.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7848847.stm

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