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Five people killed as huge explosion, gunfire rocks Somali capital

Somali security forces detonate a controlled explosion at the SYL hotel after taking it over from Al Shabaab gunmen, who launched an attack on the hotel near the presidential residence in Mogadishu, Somalia in December 2019. [Reuters]

At least five people have died and 23 others injured after a huge explosion rocked Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Thursday, triggering a plume of smoke that rose from the blast site amid gunfire, according to officials and a Reuters witness.

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