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2022.01.13 02:12 GMT+8

Multiple deaths after car bomb goes off at Mogadishu airport

Updated 2022.01.13 02:12 GMT+8
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Multiple deaths and injuries have been reported following a car bomb explosion outside the international airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on Wednesday.  

At least eight people are dead and nine others were wounded according to a local doctor.  The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the bombing and said it was targeting “white officials.”

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