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Car Bomb Hits Somali Capital

by VOA News

   Officials in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, say a car bomb has hit a
   district headquarters.

   "The blast was huge," police officer Ibrahim Mohamed, told the French
   news agency AFP. "The Initial information we are getting indicates it
   was a car loaded with explosives that targeted the Hodan district
   headquarters."

   The officer said a vehicle rammed into a security checkpoint before
   exploding Monday.

   There was no immediate report on the number of casualties.

   The explosion was the second such attack on a district headquarters
   this month in the capital.

   There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.