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| Somalia's Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden has been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the the capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials say. | Somalia's Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden has been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the the capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials say. |
| Somali diplomats were also reportedly among at least 10 people killed in the blast at a hotel in Beledweyne. | Somali diplomats were also reportedly among at least 10 people killed in the blast at a hotel in Beledweyne. |
| Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed blamed al-Qaeda-linked militants for the bombing, but so far no group has claimed responsibility. | |
| On Wednesday, at least 10 people died in an attack in a Mogadishu mosque. | On Wednesday, at least 10 people died in an attack in a Mogadishu mosque. |
| Witnesses said a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Medina Hotel in Beledweyne, some 400km (249 miles) north of Mogadishu. | |
| Most of the victims were burnt beyond recognition after the explosion, a local medic was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. | Most of the victims were burnt beyond recognition after the explosion, a local medic was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. |
| Abdulkarim Ibrahim Lakanyo, a former Somali ambassador to Ethiopia, was reportedly among those killed in the blast. | |
| "This is part of the attack by al-Qaeda against Somalia," President Ahmed told reporters later on Thursday. | |
| Mr Aden had recently moved to Beledweyne, a town close to the Ethiopian border, in an effort to stop Islamist insurgents gaining more ground in Somalia, the BBC's Will Ross in Nairobi says. | Mr Aden had recently moved to Beledweyne, a town close to the Ethiopian border, in an effort to stop Islamist insurgents gaining more ground in Somalia, the BBC's Will Ross in Nairobi says. |
| Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991 and some four million people - one-third of the population - need food aid, aid agencies say. | Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991 and some four million people - one-third of the population - need food aid, aid agencies say. |