Somalia: Bomb blast kills several civilians in the Somali capital
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- Posted On 05-04-2017, 01:00PM
MOGADISHU, Somalia- A loud explosion was heard in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday, followed by intense gunfire, Garowe Online reports.
Eyewitnesses said a car loaded with explosives went off at busy tea-shop near the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Mogadishu.
Police said at least 8 people, most of them civilians were lying on the ground and a cloud of smoke was seen above the site of the blast caused by the car bomb.
In a Twitter post, the new Information Minister of Somalia Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow said the car bomb targeted a Cafeteria spot outside the ministry of Youth and Sports in Mogadishu and there were scores of casualties.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack.
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