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Somalia sports officials killed in theatre bombing

Somalia's Olympic committee and football heads are among seven people killed by a bomb in Mogadishu.

Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was also present when the blast struck the newly re-opened national theatre but he told the BBC he was unhurt.

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