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8 Killed in Latest Mogadishu Car Bomb

by VOA News

   At least eight people were killed and four others wounded Thursday when
   a car filled with explosives hit a police station in the Somali
   capital, Mogadishu.
   A reporter for VOA's Somali Service, Ahmed Hassan Olad, says the attack
   targeted the Waberi police station along the busy Maka al-Mukaramah
   road.
   Olad, who was near the police station when the attack occurred, says he
   saw a man driving a Toyota Surf speeding toward the station.
   Emergency teams are at the scene trying to help the wounded people.
   There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but militant group
   al-Shabab regularly attacks government buildings and places where
   government officials are known to congregate.
   On Tuesday, an al-Shabab car bomber attacked a local administration
   building in the Wadajir district, killing at least 10 people.
   On June 15, al-Shabab fighters assaulted two popular Mogadishu
   restaurants. The attack claimed 29 lives, including those of the six
   assailants.