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Car bomb kills 11 at Somalia shopping mall: police

Somali security forces walk through the scene of an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia Fabruary 4, 2019. [Reuters]

A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing 11 people and wounding 10 in an attack that police said was probably carried out by Islamist group al Shabaab.

The blast occurred in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district, a busy area with shops and restaurants.

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