Blast near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu targeted a security checkpoint with soldiers among the dead.
Mogadishu, Somalia – A deadly car bomb blast targeting a security checkpoint near the Presidential Palace in the Somali capital has killed at least five people and wounded several others.
Security officials at the scene told Reuters news agency on Tuesday the checkpoint 500 metres from the palace was rammed by a car bomb driven by a suicide attacker, causing the explosion outside a theatre.
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Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/
