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| Somali car bomb kills Ethiopians | Somali car bomb kills Ethiopians |
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| Two Ethiopian soldiers have been killed by a car bomb in the Somali town of Baidoa on Wednesday evening. | Two Ethiopian soldiers have been killed by a car bomb in the Somali town of Baidoa on Wednesday evening. |
| The bomber's target was an Ethiopian military post close to the hotel where the prime minister, Ali Mohamed Ghedi, was staying. | The bomber's target was an Ethiopian military post close to the hotel where the prime minister, Ali Mohamed Ghedi, was staying. |
| After the attack, Mogadishu-based Simba Radio aired an Islamist insurgent commander's claim of responsibility for the attempted assassination. | After the attack, Mogadishu-based Simba Radio aired an Islamist insurgent commander's claim of responsibility for the attempted assassination. |
| Somali forces have raided the radio and arrested its chief Abdullahi Ali Farak. | Somali forces have raided the radio and arrested its chief Abdullahi Ali Farak. |
| A reporter at the station said a journalist was also arrested in the raid, and the radio ordered to shut down. | A reporter at the station said a journalist was also arrested in the raid, and the radio ordered to shut down. |
| A reporter at the scene says the area has been sealed off since the blast, but eyewitnesses say a suicide bomber driving a car also died. | |
| "The explosion was so deafening and strong it rocked our entire hotel compound," an aide of the prime minister, Mohamed Abdi Haji, told AP news agency. | |
| Mr Ghedi is in Baidoa for what correspondents expect to be a showdown between him and the president, Abdullahi Yusuf, later this week. |