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Bomb attack on Somali PM's house Bomb attack on Somali PM's house
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A car bomb has exploded outside the home of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi, officials have said. A truck bomb has exploded outside the residence of the Somali interim prime minister, Ali Mohamed Ghedi, in the capital, Mogadishu.
The assault, which was carried out by a suicide attacker, reportedly injured a number of bodyguards, but the prime minister was not harmed. At least six people were killed and 10 injured - most of them bodyguards.
Witnesses said the driver forced the vehicle through a roadblock and rammed the residence's gate before exploding. It is not clear whether the prime minister was in the house when the explosion took place, but it is known that he was not harmed.
A BBC correspondent in Mogadishu says Somali and Ethiopian troops have sealed off the roads in the area.
Witnesses said the driver forced the vehicle through a roadblock and rammed the residence's gate before detonating the bomb.
"The explosion was very huge and could be heard in a long distance," Abdi Salam Ali, a neighbour, told AFP."The explosion was very huge and could be heard in a long distance," Abdi Salam Ali, a neighbour, told AFP.
There have been continuing attacks on government targets by local militia and Islamic militants since Ethiopian forces crossed into Somalia last year to install the transitional government in Mogadishu.
The African Union has a few hundred Ugandan peacekeeping troops in the city, but they have played little role in the current unrest.