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February 20, 2017

Somalia: Suicide Car Bomb Kills 39 in Mogadishu
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In Somalia, a suicide car bomb killed at least 39 people and injured
about 50 more after it exploded in a market in Mogadishu on Sunday. This
is one of the witnesses.

Witness: "I was very shocked today as I saw people crying in pain and
others lying on the ground wounded. Others were already killed by the
car bomb, which exploded at the center of the market. Those injured and
killed were shopkeepers, pharmacists and butchers."

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although Somalia's
president has blamed the militant group al-Shabab.


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