February 19, 2017 7:18 PM

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Somalia: At least 20 killed, dozens injured in truck bomb explosion in Mogadishu market

In Somalia, at least 20 people were killed and dozens others injured when a massive truck bomb exploded in a busy market in capital Mogadishu today. Security officials told a news agency that the victims included civilians and government soldiers. Scores of people wounded in the attack have been transported to local hospital. <br/><br/>Director of Madina hospital said, they have received least 32 people wounded in the attack so far. Witnesses said a truck laden with explosives targeted a market in Kawo-Goday area in Mogadishu's Wadajir district. No one has yet claimed the responsibility for the blast, but officials blamed al-Shabab militants. Today's attack came hours after al-Shabab denounced Somalia's new president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo.

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