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Blast targets Somaliland leader Large explosions rock Somaliland
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Three large explosions have rocked the capital of Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland, Hargeisa. Two large explosions have rocked the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland.
The presidential palace, Ethiopian embassy and UN offices were targeted in the coordinated car bomb attacks. The BBC's Jamal Abdi in Hargeisa says the number of casualties has not been confirmed and that rescue operations have begun.
Guards outside the presidential palace opened fire on the attackers before the car was detonated. There is no information about who was responsible for the attacks, our correspondent says.
The BBC's Jamal Abdi in Hargeisa says at least eight people have been killed in the Ethiopian embassy, which is 50 metres from the BBC offices. Meanwhile, there have been bomb attacks in Puntland, another Somali breakaway republic, the AFP news agency reports.
One car managed to get into the basement of the heavily fortified UNDP office before the explosives were detonated, our correspondent says. Two simultaneous attacks targeting anti-terrorism offices in the capital of Puntland were suicide attacks, AFP says.
Anxiety
The total number of casualties from the attacks has not been confirmed and rescue operations are going on.
There is no information about who was responsible for the three attacks, which took place within seven minutes of each other.
There is a lot of anxiety around the city and cars have been blocked from approaching the three locations.
Meanwhile, the AFP news agency reports that there have been two bomb attacks targeting anti-terrorism offices in another breakaway Somali republic, Puntland.
The simultaneous bombings were suicide attacks, reports say.
Somaliland has escaped most of the instability seen in southern Somalia since the last national government was overthrown in 1991.Somaliland has escaped most of the instability seen in southern Somalia since the last national government was overthrown in 1991.
But its declaration of independence has not been internationally recognised.But its declaration of independence has not been internationally recognised.