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| Somali soldiers killed in Mogadishu blast | Somali soldiers killed in Mogadishu blast |
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| At least 11 people, including several soldiers, have been killed by a remote-controlled bomb in a restaurant in the Somali capital, witnesses say. | |
| The restaurant is near a military base, where salaries had just been paid. | |
| The owner of the restaurant in the Dayniile suburb on the outskirts of Mogadishu was also among the dead. | |
| No group has said it was behind the explosion but militant Islamist group al-Shabab stages sporadic attacks in the city. | |
| The al-Qaeda-linked group was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 but still controls many southern and central areas of the country. | The al-Qaeda-linked group was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 but still controls many southern and central areas of the country. |
| "The remotely controlled bomb targeted government forces. Eight people died, including three soldiers," Maj Kadar Mohamed, a senior police officer told Reuters news agency. | |
| Witnesses say that at least six of the dead were military personnel. | |
| "The whole place was ruined and stained with blood," said Fatuma Hassan, a mother of three who was near the bomb blast. | |
| Several injured people were rushed to hospital. | Several injured people were rushed to hospital. |