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| Aid workers die in Somali blast | Aid workers die in Somali blast |
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| Four people including two foreign aid workers have been killed in a blast in southern Somalia, reports say. | |
| Four other people were injured in the attack, in the port of Kismayo. | |
| All the victims, one of whom was Kenyan and another European, worked for the Dutch branch of aid organisation Medicins sans Frontieres, police said. | |
| Fighting between rival clans has increased in Kismayo recently, with attacks on government buildings and Ethiopian troops. | |
| Somalia has been fragmented since 1991, and the interim government depends on aid and Ethiopian military support. | Somalia has been fragmented since 1991, and the interim government depends on aid and Ethiopian military support. |
| Kismayo was the scene of fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militias in late 2006 and early 2007. | |
| Correspondents say the city has been relatively quiet compared with the capital Mogadishu, but Islamists have threatened attacks there. |