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2nd Mogadishu blast kills at least 8: witnesses

The second of two back-to-back car bomb explosions at a hotel in Mogadishu Wednesday killed at least eight people, including Somali soldiers, witnesses said.

Updated on: Jan 02, 2014 1:27 AM IST
AFP | By , Mogadishu
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The second of two back-to-back car bomb explosions at a hotel in Mogadishu Wednesday killed at least eight people, including Somali soldiers, witnesses said.

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"I counted eight bodies, most of them soldiers," said witness Abdikarim Hassan. Police said the secondary blast struck as security forces were assisting the victims of the first explosion.

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