Explosions In Somali

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  Big Explosion In Somali Capital, Clouds Of Smoke Seen : Reports

  A huge explosion occurred in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday throwing up a huge cloud of smoke, a Reuters witness said.

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  Loud Explosions Heard In Somali Capital Mogadishu

  Loud explosions and gunfire shook the Somali capital Mogadishu today, close to a busy road in the city centre, news agency AFP correspondent said.

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  Two Explosions Kill 8 Near Mogadishu Airport: Security Source

  At least eight people were killed today when two huge bombs went off near Mogadishu's airport, including one close to the UN's political office in the Somali capital, a security source said.

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  'Massive Explosion' Hits Somalian Hotel

  A huge blast rocked a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu today, followed by heavy machinegun fire, said an AFP photographer at the scene.

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  Car Bomb Explodes Outside Restaurant In Somalia, Kills At Least 5

  A car bomb exploded on Monday outside restaurant packed with lunchtime customers in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killing at least five people, including school children, said witnesses.

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  A Hole Ripped Through Their Plane. This Video Shows What Happened Next.

  The pilot of a passenger plane that was damaged in an explosion and fire over Somalia described on Wednesday how the crew jumped into action to fly the plane back to Mogadishu airport and keep the passengers calm even as smoke enveloped the passenger cabin and wind rushed through a hole blown through the fuselage.

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  Somali Officials Start Investigating Blast On Board Plane

  Officials at Somalia's civil aviation authority say they have found no evidence so far of a criminal act in an explosion in an airliner which took off from Mogadishu's airport and returned for an emergency landing.

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  A Plane Landed With This Big Hole In It, 1 Passenger Killed

  A man was killed in an explosion on an Airbus A321 that made a hole in the fuselage and forced the plane to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu to make an emergency landing, officials said on Wednesday.

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  At Least 12 Killed as Shebab Attack Somalia Hotel

  At least 12 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday after Shebab gunmen used a vehicle packed with explosives to blast their way inside a hotel, police said.

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  At Least 12 Killed as Shebab Attack Somalia Hotel: Police

  At least 12 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday after Shebab gunmen used a vehicle packed with explosives to blast their way inside a hotel, police said.

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  Explosions, Heavy Gunfire in Mogadishu Hotel Attack: Report

  Gunmen attacked a major hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Sunday, according to an AFP reporter, who heard at least two loud explosions followed by intense gunfire.

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  Security Forces Foil Suicide Attack in Somali Town, Say Police

  Security forces foiled an attempt by Islamist militants to launch a suicide attack on a political conference in a central Somali town on Thursday, killing three gunmen and the driver of a car packed with explosives, police said.

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  Gunmen Attack Education Ministry in Somali Capital

  Gunmen in Somalia's capital on Tuesday blasted their way into the higher education ministry, with police reporting a huge explosion from a car bomb followed by heavy fighting in an ongoing attack.

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  Death Toll From Somalia Hotel Attack Rises to 15, Fighting Still Raging

  The death toll from an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in the Somali capital rose to at least 15, police said as fighting continued into early today, with loud explosions heard overnight.

• Explosions, Gunfire at Somali Capital Hotel: Police

  Twin explosions followed by heavy gunfire were heard Friday from a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu, a police officer said.