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Mortar attack on MPs in Somalia | Mortar attack on MPs in Somalia |
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At least 10 people have died after mortars were fired at Somali MPs meeting in Mogadishu for the first time since August. | At least 10 people have died after mortars were fired at Somali MPs meeting in Mogadishu for the first time since August. |
Nobody was killed in the attack on parliament but witnesses say three civilians died as government forces hit back and a shell hit a radio station. | |
A separate roadside bomb killed at least five people, officials say. | |
Hard-line Islamist groups are battling Somalia's UN-backed government, which only controls a few parts of Mogadishu. | |
Earlier this month, a suicide bomber killed three ministers at a ceremony for newly graduated doctors. | |
Rebels from the al-Shabab group have denied carrying out that attack but have been behind other suicide attacks on government targets. | |
They are accused of links to al-Qaeda. | |
Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991. | Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991. |