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Blast rocks Somalia's parliament Blast rocks Somalia's parliament
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Reports from Somalia say there has been a big explosion outside the building housing the country's transitional parliament. An explosion has rocked the building housing Somalia's interim parliament in the town of Baidoa, killing four people and injuring several.
Details are sketchy but a BBC reporter in Baidoa says the blast came soon after a convoy left parliament carrying President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. The suspected car bomb went off soon after a convoy left carrying President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed but it is thought the leader escaped unharmed.
Our reporter has seen at least five cars on fire but it is thought the president escaped unharmed. Two bombs are said to have exploded and at least five cars were on fire outside the building, a BBC reporter says.
The interim government controls only Baidoa and a small area around it.The interim government controls only Baidoa and a small area around it.
The capital, Mogadishu, and other parts of the country are run by the Union of Islamic Courts militia.
Pool of blood
A Somali police official in Baidoa said he had counted four dead bodies.
"I saw four dead people lying in front of the parliament in a pool of blood," Shirre Moalim Nur, deputy police commissioner for the Bay region around Baidoa, told AFP news agency.
Shino Moalim, a government official, confirmed the figure of four dead, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Somali Foreign Minister Ismail Hurre told Reuters news agency from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, that the president was "fine" after the blast.