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| Mogadishu 'suicide car bomb kills Somali police' | Mogadishu 'suicide car bomb kills Somali police' |
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| At least five people, including a Somali policeman, have been killed when a car exploded while it was being searched in Mogadishu, sources say. | At least five people, including a Somali policeman, have been killed when a car exploded while it was being searched in Mogadishu, sources say. |
| The police officers stopped the car in the busy K4 junction of the capital. | The police officers stopped the car in the busy K4 junction of the capital. |
| Police have confirmed the deaths of an officer, a civilian and the driver, who had allegedly set off the explosives. | Police have confirmed the deaths of an officer, a civilian and the driver, who had allegedly set off the explosives. |
| Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which has links to al-Qaeda, has staged several suicide attacks in Mogadishu as it battles the UN-backed government. | Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which has links to al-Qaeda, has staged several suicide attacks in Mogadishu as it battles the UN-backed government. |
| Medical sources told the BBC's Mohamed Dore in Mogadishu that two more civilians had died from their wounds in hospital. | Medical sources told the BBC's Mohamed Dore in Mogadishu that two more civilians had died from their wounds in hospital. |
| He says the police have blocked all roads in the area. | He says the police have blocked all roads in the area. |
| Smoke was seen rising above the city after the blast, which was reportedly followed by outbreaks of gunfire. | Smoke was seen rising above the city after the blast, which was reportedly followed by outbreaks of gunfire. |
| Police sources told our reporter that the car had been stopped and the driver taken to a police station, where he admitted carrying explosives in his vehicle. | |
| He then returned to the car, accompanied by police officers, and managed to detonate the explosives, the sources said. | |
| Al-Shabab controls many southern and central areas of the country. | |
| It announced a "tactical withdrawal" from Mogadishu in August but has since continued to stage attacks in the city. | |
| Some 9,000 African Union soldiers are in Mogadishu to protect the government. | |
| The country has experienced constant warfare for more than two decades and is currently suffering from a drought, with a famine declared in some areas. |