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2 Somali sports officials among 10 dead in blast
April 04, 2012
April 04, 2012
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(AP) MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber detonated her explosives Wednesday at a ceremony at the national theater, killing at least 10 people, including two of the country's top sports officials.
The explosion at the newly reopened theater happened as Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was standing at the podium to deliver a speech. The prime minister was unharmed, said Abdirahman Omar Osman, the government spokesman. The attack came as Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, was starting to resume a normal life after two decades of chaos and violence.
Fighters belonging to an Islamist group, al-Shabab, were pushed out of the
The explosion at the newly reopened theater happened as Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was standing at the podium to deliver a speech. The prime minister was unharmed, said Abdirahman Omar Osman, the government spokesman. The attack came as Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, was starting to resume a normal life after two decades of chaos and violence.
Fighters belonging to an Islamist group, al-Shabab, were pushed out of the
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