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Car bomb explodes near Somali presidential palace: police

A suicide car bomb exploded meters away from the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday and smoke was seen rising above the scene of the explosion although it was unclear who was behind the blast, police said.

“A car bomb exploded ... it is too early to know (the) casualty,” Major Mohamed Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters moments after blast.

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