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Four Football Players Killed In Somalia Blast: Police
Four local footballers in Somalia were killed when an explosion believed to have been caused by a bomb ripped through their bus on Friday, police and witnesses said.
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'Many Bodies' As Two Car Bombs Explode In Somalia
A car packed with explosives blew up outside a hotel in Mogadishu on Saturday as a minibus also exploded at a nearby junction, with the emergency services reporting "many dead bodies".
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Death Count From Somalia Bomb Attacks Tops 300
More than 300 people were killed by twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and relatives caught by Somalia's deadliest attack in a decade.
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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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Bomb Likely Caused Somalia Plane Blast, Say US Government Sources
Investigators believe a bomb probably caused the on board explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu for an emergency landing this week, US government sources said on Wednesday.
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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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2 Injured As Explosion Forces Plane To Turn Back In Somalia
Two passengers were injured in an explosion that blew a hole in the fuselage of a commercial plane taking off from the Mogadishu on Tuesday, an airline representative said.
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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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Al Shabaab Attack on Somali Hotel Kills At Least 13
The Somali militant Islamist group Al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel today, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group 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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Witnesses Recount Horror of Kenya University Attack
An explosion followed by gunfire woke students at Garissa's Moi University in Kenya before dawn today morning.
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Four Football Players Killed In Somalia Blast: Police
Four local footballers in Somalia were killed when an explosion believed to have been caused by a bomb ripped through their bus on Friday, police and witnesses said.
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'Many Bodies' As Two Car Bombs Explode In Somalia
A car packed with explosives blew up outside a hotel in Mogadishu on Saturday as a minibus also exploded at a nearby junction, with the emergency services reporting "many dead bodies".
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Death Count From Somalia Bomb Attacks Tops 300
More than 300 people were killed by twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and relatives caught by Somalia's deadliest attack in a decade.
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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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Bomb Likely Caused Somalia Plane Blast, Say US Government Sources
Investigators believe a bomb probably caused the on board explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu for an emergency landing this week, US government sources said on Wednesday.
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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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2 Injured As Explosion Forces Plane To Turn Back In Somalia
Two passengers were injured in an explosion that blew a hole in the fuselage of a commercial plane taking off from the Mogadishu on Tuesday, an airline representative said.
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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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Al Shabaab Attack on Somali Hotel Kills At Least 13
The Somali militant Islamist group Al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel today, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group 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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Witnesses Recount Horror of Kenya University Attack
An explosion followed by gunfire woke students at Garissa's Moi University in Kenya before dawn today morning.
