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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. Five people including two foreign aid workers have been killed in a blast in the southern Somali port of Kismayo.
Four other people were injured in the attack, in the port of Kismayo. Three of the five - a Kenyan doctor, a French logistics expert and a Somali driver - worked for the Dutch branch of aid agency Medicins Sans Frontieres.
All the victims, one of whom was Kenyan and another European, worked for the Dutch branch of aid organisation Medicins sans Frontieres, police said. A Somali boy and a reporter were also killed by the roadside bomb.
Fighting between rival clans has increased in Kismayo recently, with attacks on government buildings and Ethiopian troops. It is not yet clear who was behind the blast but police say they have made one arrest. Fighting between rival clans has increased in Kismayo recently.
Somalia has been fragmented since 1991, and the interim government depends on aid and Ethiopian military support. Government buildings and Ethiopian troops in the port city have been attacked.
Kismayo was the scene of fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militias in late 2006 and early 2007. Somalia has been fragmented since 1991, and the interim government depends on foreign aid and Ethiopian military support.
Correspondents say the city has been relatively quiet compared with the capital Mogadishu, but Islamists have threatened attacks there. The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in the capital, Mogadishu, says the four were killed as they were returning to their residence from the hospital.
Kismayo has been relatively quiet compared with Mogadishu, but Islamist insurgents have threatened attacks there.
Following fierce clashes last year between insurgents and government officials, many Mogadishu residents have fled the city for other parts of the country.
But our correspondent says there is some hope of progress under new Prime Minister Nur Adde.
His government on Monday freed elders from the Hawiye clan - the largest in Mogadishu.
Some Hawiye gunmen have fought with the insurgents.