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20:05, 22-Jun-2017
Five dead, 10 wounded in car bomb attack on police station in Mogadishu
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At least five people were killed and 10 others wounded Thursday after a car bomb struck a police station in southern Somali capital Mogadishu, according to the local security ministry.
"The blast was caused by a car loaded with explosives, five people were killed and 10 others wounded," Ahmed Mohamud Mohamed, Somalia's internal security ministry spokesman told AFP.
According to a statement from the SITE intelligence agency, al-Qaeda linked Shabaab Islamists claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police officer Abdukadir Moalim said a suicide bomber had rammed the car into the wall of the Waberi police station, which killed and injured mostly civilians.
Somali security forces have blocked off the site after the explosion, and the wounded were being evacuated and taken to hospital, AFP reported citing local witnesses.
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