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Somalia car bomb suicide attack kills 12

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Update: 2014-09-08 22:44:00
Somalia car bomb suicide attack kills 12

DHAKA: A suicide car bomber has killed 12 people in an attack aimed at African Union (AU) troops in Somalia, an official has said.

A car laden with explosives was rammed into an AU convoy travelling south-west of the capital, Mogadishu, said local governor Adukadir Mohamed Sidi.

The militant Islamist group al-Shabab said it was behind the attack. It had earlier vowed to avenge the killing of its leader Ahmed Abdi Godane last week.

Godane died in a US air strike.

Monday's attack took place on the road between Mogadishu and Afgoye town, some 30km (19 miles) from the capital.

Source: BBC

BDST: 0836 HRS, SEP 09, 2014

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