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Bomb Blast Targeting Ex-Lawmaker in Somalia’s Mogadishu Kills 4 Soldiers, Reports Say

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A roadside bomb blast targeting a car belonging to Muhudin Hassan Afrah, a former Somalian lawmaker, killed at least four soldiers in Mogadishu on Saturday, media reported.
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According to Somalian news outlet Garowe Online, Afrah himself was injured in the explosion in the Shibis district of Mogadishu.

Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene and launched an investigation into the incident.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but some reports suggest that the explosion was plotted by Al-Shabaab militants.

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