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Deadly bomb hits Turkish target in Mogadishu | Deadly bomb hits Turkish target in Mogadishu |
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A car bomb has exploded outside a building housing Turkish embassy staff in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to officials. | A car bomb has exploded outside a building housing Turkish embassy staff in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to officials. |
At least two people were killed, one of them the suspected attacker. | At least two people were killed, one of them the suspected attacker. |
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it had carried out the attack in the western Hodan district of the city. | |
It said Turkey was one of the countries that supported the Somali government and wanted to stop the establishment of Sharia. | |
The group has in the past targeted Turkish institutions. | |
At least three people were wounded in the latest attack. | |
Witnesses said a vehicle rammed into the gates of the building and exploded. | |
Al-Shabab, which had been in control of parts of Mogadishu for more than two years, withdrew in August 2011 under pressure from pro-government forces, but continues to launch occasional suicide attacks in the city. | |
At least 15 people, including four foreigners, were killed in an assault on a UN office in the capital in May. | |
The group said earlier it was aiming to increase the number of attacks carried out during the Ramadan fasting period. |
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