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Urgent: At least 6 killed in heavy blast in Mogadishu

Xinhua,March 22, 2018 Adjust font size:

MOGADISHU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and several others injured in a suspected car bomb explosion in Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.

Sources said the heavy explosion occurred near the popular Wehliye Hotel along the city's busiest Maka Al-Mukarrama road, with casualties being civilians including street vendors. Enditem